From the show floor at Hannover Messe, editors from Machine Design and IndustryWeek break down the surge in humanoid robotics ...

Court orders Elite Robots to pull copied software from German market. Plus, three more legal showdowns expose disputes ...

Schaeffler's Hermes Award-winning actuator platform targets the single costliest barrier to deploying humanoid robots at ...

Past chairs of A3 and the Robotic Industries Association selected this year’s winners, Hiroshi Fujiwara and Robert Little, ...

OEMs are managing increasing design complexity while responding to cost pressure and global production demands. This white ...

Motors account for at least half of the energy consumed in the U.S. Selecting the right control method for an application lets the motor run most efficiently while maximizing torque and overall ...

What Are FEM, FDM and FVM? FEM, FDM and FVM differ from one another in important ways. Understanding these distinctions is key to selecting the method most appropriate for your purposes. The ...

Many applications using miniature brushed DC motors require motors to operate at more than one load point or through specific load cycles. Running a motor at usable load points requires a variable, ...

Inductive sensors are non-contact proximity sensors that detect ferrous targets, ideally ones made of mild steel thicker than one millimeter. They consist of four major components: a ferrite core with ...

One of the challenges that face motion-control engineers is how to properly select a motor. If the motor is undersized or too small, it will not handle load. If the motor is oversized or too large, ...