During Machine Design’s Motion Systems Takeover Week (Oct. 20–24, 2025), we explored how the fusion of mechanical motion and data-driven control is reshaping high-precision applications across ...

Whether designers are improving a motion-centric machine or building a new one, it is essential they begin with motion control in mind. Then they can develop the design around the best way to get ...

The Dereneville Modulaire MK III crafted by AVDesignHaus is considered the best turntable in the world (Fig. 1). Although the investment for this fine system might be extremely high, audiophiles love ...

Ultimately, the value of mechatronics lies not in any single technology but in what happens when all elements come together. Machines built as unified systems are easier to develop, tune and maintain.

Big, innovative breakthroughs often result in game-changing technologies. Smaller incremental improvements in essential material components can similarly lead to significant performance and efficiency ...

Thanks to hype in the popular media, the term “automation” tends to conjure images of robots, artificial intelligence and the cloud in the minds of most people. The root of most manufacturing ...

What makes a software product powerful? It all depends on who you ask. Ask Andreas Vlahinos, principal of engineering consulting firm Advanced Engineering Solutions, what he thinks is the best feature ...

Danaher Motion said today that it has acquired Motion Engineering Inc. (MEI), a supplier of networked motion control products to OEMs in the chip manufacturing, electronics assembly and medical ...

Just as different motion control systems have different characteristics, so too do the different networks used by those systems to communicate. Understanding those differences can have a major impact ...