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Today, microdrives achieve remarkable things in a wide variety of applications, and not just in industrial applications. In the kinetic sculpture "Project Anthozoa", which imitates the movement patterns of invertebrate flower animals, many small linear DC servomotors ensure fluid, dynamic and therefore lifelike movements.
read more...read more...The Emergency Shutdown Controller from Amotronics offers active protection for laboratory systems during high-voltage and high-current tests. It monitors laboratory tests with DC or AC voltages of all voltage and power levels in real time.
read more...With Stöber's online product configurator, users can put together the right drive solution from the Motion product portfolio with just a few clicks and have direct access to data sheets as well as 2D and 3D models.
read more...read more...Safety networks for robot systems
Omron has launched new NX series safety network controllers that support two safety protocols: CIP Safety is used by industrial robot manufacturers, while Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) offers a particularly short response time.
read more...ABM Greiffenberger has expanded its portfolio of energy-efficient Sinochron motors to include sizes 80 and 100 with an output of up to 13 kilowatts. These motors operate with a high level of efficiency, which can be used efficiently, especially in the partial load range.
read more...A craftsman categorically rules out working for a certain professional group. The reason: poor payment ethics and know-it-all attitude. A call for more acceptance.
read more...The Embedded Awards were presented for the 15th time on the first day of the Embedded World trade fair. The award honored the most innovative development achievements in the classic categories of hardware, software and tools as well as, for the first time, in the categories of embedded vision and start-ups.
read more...ACS Motion Control has added a Matlab library to its SPii-Plus ADK Suite motion control software. The Matlab numerical simulation functions can be used to shorten the time-to-market for applications with ACS control systems.
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