Providing the right motor for small precision devices can be challenging, as New Scale Robotics found when it designed a parallel gripper for cobots.

Even as the enabling technologies for exoskeletons have improved, there is much work yet to be done, says maxon’s Otto Oneichen.

In this month’s issue of The Robot Report, a special print insert in Design World, we examine exoskeleton design, development, and uses in healthcare and industry.

TAUNTON, Mass. — maxon precision motors inc., the U.S. division of Switzerland-based maxon motor AG, today officially opened its new U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility here. Building the new headquarters was a two-year process, said Chris Blake, president of maxon precision motors. “Taunton was very welcoming in a business and a social sense,” he said…

Keynotes | Speakers | Exhibitors | Register The new EC-i 52XL 200-W brushless servo motor from maxon motor features a flux collector rotor which provides outstanding torque performance compared to the existing EC-i 52 180-W high torque motor. Especially on the industrial automation front, when space is limited but high torque and dynamics are required,…

The EPOS4 product family is now complete, announced maxon precision motors Inc. this week. With the EPOS4 series, maxon said it is offering a reliable and extremely versatile platform of high-performance motion controllers. It addresses the needs of system integrators and fulfills the requirements of a variety of applications, such as industrial automation, apparatus engineering, and…

maxon motor has developed a sensorless speed and torque control solution called High-Performance Sensorless Control (HPSC). This new technology allows FOC (field oriented control) for brushless motors without sensors from full stop to full speed under load. [Related: maxon motor introduces exoskeleton joint actuator] The maxon motor HPSC uses a sophisticated signal injection algorithm which…

maxon motor has developed an exoskeleton drive for use in robotic limbs. This complete joint actuation unit consists of a pancake brushless DC motor with inertia optimized rotor. According to maxon, also included with the exoskeleton drive is an internal high resolution encoder, planetary gearhead with absolute encoder, and a position controller with CAN and RS232 interface. Exoskeleton…

Pedestrians all over the world have met them on the pavement already: autonomous delivery robots. Boxes on wheels, equipped with sensors, intelligent software and powerful motors. Developed to travel from A to B autonomously and reliably, without obstructing or endangering anyone. Although the vehicles spotted are prototypes, it is quite possible that autonomous delivery robots…