Even with the most-sophisticated motion controller, designers can still find it difficult to attain precise linear motion unless the mechanical components are appropriately designed for the ...

Linear motors and ball-screw drives seem to hog the limelight when it comes to linear motion. Rack-and-pinion drives, another type of linear motion device, get no respect. But they are perfectly ...

A new linear/rotary dual-motion actuator has been designed to provide incremental rotational and linear movement of the output shaft. The Size 14 actuator has two degrees of freedom of movement that ...

How optical rotary encoders can provide real-time motion feedback on motion applications using stepper motor-driven linear actuators. Stepper motor linear actuators with added optical encoders (From ...

The Caroline Werner Gannett Project’s efforts to bring risk-taking thinkers in a wide variety of disciplines to RIT through its “Visionaries in Motion” series has been recognized by City Newspaper in ...