CT Series Step Motors
WOOD DALE, IL – Danaher Motion introduces CT Series Step Motors. The CT Series uses less power to provide more torque than comparable standard hybrid step motors. This improves operating efficiency and...
View ArticleA Market Made For Engineers
Computer and mechanical engineers are in high demand across the country. New college graduates with degrees in electrical engineering also share in this fortune. However, it takes some special skills...
View ArticleEngineers focus on freedom
By Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor Medical science continues to push boundaries in health care. With the aid of the innovative engineer, physicians, surgeons, and medical researchers move ever closer...
View ArticleSynqNet® exceeds 300,000 motion axes shipped
WOOD DALE, IL — Danaher Motion today announced that the 300,000th axis of its SynqNet® motion and I/O network was shipped in August 2007, and since SynqNet’s introduction in 2003 more than 303,000...
View ArticleDanaher Motion & The MathWorks to Host Free Advanced Mechatronics Seminar for...
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF., — Danaher Motion Performance Controls (MEI), in partnership with The MathWorks and sponsored by Design World magazine, is hosting a free half-day seminar on Advanced Mechatronics...
View ArticlePharmacy Sorting Robot Glides with Redi-Rail Linear Guides
Rockford, IL — Pharmaceutical automation cuts dispensing costs, ensures accuracy and increases thru-put, allowing pharmacies to recover their investment, ensure quality and lower costs to consumers....
View ArticleLabVIEW 2009 Introduces Distributed Intelligence and Digital Prototyping
LabVIEW 2009 Introduces Distributed Intelligence and Digital Prototyping National Instruments today announced LabVIEW 2009, the latest version of the graphical system design software platform for...
View ArticleMiniature 6-axis Robot Positions Precisely
Hexapods, or parallel kinematics positioning systems, can move masses of 50, 200 or even 1000 kg with micron accuracy such as that required in medical applications. These Hexapod systems are all built...
View ArticleAdept Technology Robotics Selected to Participate in Advanced Cancer...
Pleasanton, CA — Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP) announced it is participating in the CLARA (Lyon Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cancer cluster) program with Lyon Civil Hospitals as the robotics component...
View ArticleTrelleborg Sealing Solutions launches updated iPhone App
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has launched an updated version of the recently released iPhone app “ISO Fits & Tolerances” that allows switching between inch and metric measurements. Providing...
View ArticleThis time, with feeling
By Chris Grujon, TenAsys Corp. Beaverton, Ore. Real-time operating system software helps provide tactile sense to medical robotics applications No matter how many motion axes are involved and...
View ArticleRobots precisely guide cancer treatment probe
Lyon Civil Hospitals is using robotics in its CLARA (Lyon Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cancer cluster) program as a component in a method for treating small cancer tumors. Early diagnosis of smaller tumors is...
View ArticlePlastic Bearings and Linear Guides Put the Moves on MRI-guided Robot
Edited by: Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor Reprint Info >> Equipment for use with MRIs faces several unique challenges, not the least of which is dealing with the magnetics. These researchers met...
View ArticleEPSON Introduces S5-Series 6-Axis Robot Lineup
EPSON Robots introduces the new EPSON S5-Series 6-Axis Robot Lineup. S5-Series are high speed, mid size 6-axis robots with a small footprint and advanced flexibility for even the most demanding and...
View ArticleAccuride Expands Self-Closing Slide Options
Accuride announces the addition of model 3832SC, another self-closing slide option designed with a lighter pull-force for use in less demanding applications such as medical or supply carts and...
View ArticleSilicone Cabling Ensures Long Operating Life For Surgical Robots
Robots used in surgical applications must function reliably, including all of their components. Cabling can be a point of weakness. Special flexible and durable flat silicone cables can be an...
View ArticleDevelopments In Precision Positioning Stages with High Speed Range
High-precision linear stages used for applications such as surface measurement in life sciences, semiconductor manufacturing and other industries often require two distinctly different modes of motion....
View ArticleA Helping Hand for Hospital Staff
by Steve Meyer, Contributing Editor Mechatronic challenges come in some interesting packages. One such test, within the field of medicine, is finding an easier way to move hospital patients who cannot...
View ArticleEntering the Age of Surgical Robotics
by Paul J. Heney, Editorial Director Your next operation may be performed by a machine During my grandmother’s final years, more than once did a family member remark on how much she’d seen—and how much...
View ArticleWebinar: The Best Motor for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrains
The live webinar was April 10, 2014. Fill out the form below to watch on demand. There is growing interest in hybrid-electric vehicles and OEMs are developing hybrid electric vehicles on a number of...
View ArticleBosch Rexroth launches new microsite for resource kits
In an effort to make life even easier for time-challenged engineers, Bosch Rexroth has launched a microsite for its latest factory automation products and the associated resource kits. This website...
View ArticleSteinmeyer makes a move
Steinmeyer Inc. has moved to Woburn, Mass. The U.S. subsidiary of a German company that makes precision ball screws, Steinmeyer now has a warehouse with 25% more capacity. The larger quarters will...
View ArticleMD&M West exhibitors you need to know
MD&M West — set for Feb. 11-13, 2020 — is billed as the largest medical device manufacturing event in the world. Now in its 35th year, it showcases hundreds of industry suppliers and attracts...
View ArticleResearchers develop wearable robotic exomuscle system
ETH Zurich researchers have redefined the muscle shirt. Marie Georgarakis, a former doctoral student at ETH Zurich’s Sensory Motor Systems Lab, is the creator of the Myoshirt, a wearable, textile...
View ArticleA new mechanically active adhesive fights muscle atrophy
Harvard bioengineers have created a mechanically active adhesive that can prevent muscle wasting and support atrophy recovery. They call it MAGENTA, an acronym for mechanically active...
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