The idea of building a machine from isolated parts, each with its own setup and software, no longer fits how modern automation works.

Rockford’s Kaney Aerospace, known for its advanced actuation, motion‑control and power‑system technologies, has been acquired by Velocity One, an aerospace and defense platform backed by ...

Integrated motion control allows all kinds of robots to tackle a range of tasks with precision, in contrast with conventional machinery.

Construction Safety Week is a celebration of our industry’s commitment to health and safety—a commitment that has driven remarkable progress and saved countless lives. This year’s theme, All In ...

Important everyday products—from plastics to detergents—are made through chemical reactions that mostly use precious metals such as platinum as catalysts. Scientists have been searching for more ...

Forward-looking: For thousands of years, mechanical gears have driven human invention – from ancient chariots to robotic arms. Now, for the first time, engineers have built a gear that doesn't rely on ...

EBE sensors + motion is expanding its portfolio of capacitive input systems for industrial control concepts with the TCRC. The solution addresses the increasing demands of mechanical engineering for ...

If you drive a quantum system with a perfectly time-periodic force, that drive can reshape the system's quantum states into new, controllable 'dressed' states with properties that differ from the ...

Abstract: Regular proportion, integral, and differential (Proportional integral derivative, PID)The controller shows the problem of low control accuracy and poor stability in the trajectory control of ...

Modern PLCs now have enough processing power to handle complex robot calculations that previously required separate proprietary controllers and programming ...

Scientists have uncovered a new way to control magnets using flashes of light lasting less than a trillionth of a second. The approach triggers unusually large magnetic motion without direct contact ...