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Actuation in robotics means the systems that enable physical movement. The most common ways of actuation are by electric motors, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, which we will introduce below. But note that there are other actuation systems as well, achieved by shape memory alloys, piezoelectric action, electromagnetism, movement achieved through thermal properties of materials and more. Now let’s take a closer look at Electric motor, Pneumatic and Hydraulic actuation.  Electric Motor Actuation:  This is the most common way, where, movement is achieved by electric motors, which can run on AC or DC power.  Electric motors offer a high degree of precision and motion control and may be used for almost […] Read More

Bimba Announces Presence in Robot Space: Introduces IntelliAxis™ to Move Loads in Two-Dimensional Plane University Park, IL – July 27, 2017 – Bimba, an industry-leading innovator of pneumatic, hydraulic and electric motion solutions, has introduced IntelliAxis™ multi-axis electric Linear Robot actuators for either X-Z or X-Y motion applications. Employing a one-of-a-kind two-axis system, the unit features a single continuous belt that serpentines around the two axes eliminating the need for a motor in the Z- or Y-axis while driving a pair of coordinated motors in the X-axis. These configurations, known as T-bot and H-bot within the industry, permit synchronized control for complex motion movement profiles such as circles, ellipses and […] Read More

Tampere, Finland – Jan 16th, 2017 – Granite Devices Inc, a Finnish servo drive manufacturer has released a new industrial servo motor drive contributing high degree of time and cost saving features to the machine automation market. A “swiss knife of motion control” IONI starts a new era of servo drives by bringing snap-on installation, built-in SIL2 safety functions and unforeseen compactness in 700 W class in just 70 x 37 x 7 mm form factor. IONI implements industry standard, torque, velocity and position controls for AC, brushless DC, brushed DC, linear servo motors and stepping motors between 2 W and 700 W power. An improved high dynamic range torque […] Read More

Electric Motor Solutions is pleased to announced the introduction of the Model ECMDC75A series of DC Brushless Electronically Commutated Motors (ECM) to its product line. As a request with this announcement, we would be pleased to have your magazine publication include a short product announcement highlighting our new motor model series.  New Product Announcement  75mm (3.0 Inch) DC Brushless ECM Motors  The ECMDC75A Series of Brushless Electronically Commutated Motors (ECM) are designed for use in low voltage (12 to 48vdc) battery powered motor applications requiring Long Life, Low Maintenance, High Efficiency and Low Noise. The motor’s cost-effective and compact space saving design allows its use in various applications for single […] Read More

Servo2Go.com announces the addition of a new OEM designed economical microstepping drive from Applied Motion Products. The STR2 stepper drive is an ultra compact, digital step & direction drive, great for OEM applications requiring basic step & direction control of a 2-phase step motor. The STR2 outputs up to 2.2 A/phase to the step motor, and is compatible with a variety of 2-phase step motors that have been selected to optimize performance of both the drive and motor. The STR2 drive features advanced microstepping performance and sophisticated current control with anti-resonance. Anti-resonance electronically damps motor and system resonances, which improves motor smoothness and torque over a wide speed range. Each […] Read More

Roboteq intelligent controller capable of directly driving a brushed DC motor up to 120Amps at up to 50Volts. The LDC1450 is targeted at designers of Industrial Automation systems, mobile robots, automated guided vehicles, animatronics, or any other high power motor control application. The controller accepts commands from analog joystick, standard R/C radio, or RS232 interface, and can switch automatically from one mode to the other. The LDC1450 incorporates a Basic Language Interpreter capable of executing over 15,000 Basic instructions per second. This feature can be used to write powerful scripts for adding custom functions, or for developing automated systems without the need for an external PLC or microcomputer. The motor […] Read More

Galil Motion Control, announced the DMC-300xx Pocket Motion Controller Series, their latest generation, single-axis Ethernet motion controller. It combines a high performance motion controller and a 800Watt sine drive in a low cost, compact 3.9″ x 5.0″ x 1.5″ package. The DMC-300xx is also available as a controller-only model which can be connected to a stepper or servo motor amplifier of any power range. Using a 32-bit RISC processor and improved power technology, the DMC-300xx provides higher speed, better power efficiency and smaller size than their prior generation controllers. The DMC-300xx is designed for single-axis motor control applications where compact size, low cost and remote location are important. The DMC-300xx […] Read More

The HS-85BB servo is a  micro servo. It is great for small robotic projects especially power demanding ones such as aircraft. It has a 3 pole motor type, and a torque of 3 kg-cm at 4.8V Read More