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Nano servo drive

Copley Controls’ Nano Servo Drive for Operation Over Wide Voltage Battery Range

Copley Controls’ Dean Crumlish demonstrates the Nano Series digital servo drives, which offer a small footprint for the flexibility to mount directly on the motor or within robot...
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How an Engineer’s Designs Helped Save His Daughter’s Life

When CGI’s Lance Brown designed gears for small power transmissions in robotics, he never imagined they would one day play a crucial role in saving his own daughter’s life. After...
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TIMTOS 2025: A Gateway to a Global Machine Tool Industry

TIMTOS 2025 provides a global hub for the machine tool and manufacturing industry.
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Humanoid Robot System Design

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Navigation and sensing in humanoid robots involves real-time data acquisition gathered from sensors to obtain input for obstacle detection, path...
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An Engineer’s Primer on the Actuator Component

Linear versus rotary, electric, pneumatic or hydraulic, here’s a look at the basics of the actuator component.

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