[Tobias Kuhn] had watched a YouTube video about a robot arm which used servo motors, and wanted to try making one himself. But he found it hard to get slow or smooth movements out of the servos. Even ...

If you’ve been reading Hack a Day for long enough, you know about our infatuation with stepper motors. These precious little devices put the oomph into our CNC routers, 3D printers, robots, and other ...

Stepper and servo motors have different attributes when considered for motion applications. Torque curves play an important role in selecting the proper size and type of motor for an application.

Disruptive technologies create opportunities for mini motors to solve the unique challenges of the surgical, warehouse, cobot and service robotics industries. Advancements in automation and artificial ...

Stepper motors resemble servo motors in that both types are characterized by an ability to rotate a partial turn and then stop for any interval with or without holding torque. In addition, both motor ...

Humanoid robots are offering increasingly promising solutions to manufacturing companies that can calculate the ROI (Return on Investment) with improved productivity, product quality, and employee ...

BALTIMORE — Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have implemented a spherical motor that can roll in any direction, rather than rotate on a single axis as conventional motors do. Spherical motors ...

A new family of motor-driver ICs from STMicroelectronics delivers currents to 5 A plus high reliability via an array of protection features. STMicroelectronics is upping its game in power electronics ...