A look at how modern electric actuators combine mechanical innovation with digital control, enabling rapid product ...

Inspired by our bodies' sensory capabilities, researchers have developed a platform for creating soft robots with embedded sensors that can sense movement, pressure, touch, and even temperature.

This invention maps changes in magnetic field strength to changes in actuator shape without seeing noise from the actuator or reducing performance. The field of soft robotics has been rapidly gaining ...

The need to create more viable soft sensors is increasing in tandem with the growing interest in soft robots. Several sensing methods, like capacitive stretch sensing and intrinsic capacitive ...

With fully interactive products now the norm, a growing number of embedded designs now include mechanical control circuitry to drive external motors, solenoids, and actuators. The future of this ...

Breakthrough µPistons™ technology uniquely solves decades-long embedded vision camera industry’s problem of lens thermal expansion. Novel product unlocks unparalleled resolution and consistent ...

Haptic technologies enable consumers to perceive touch sensations when using electronic devices. The touch sensation, created by an actuator embedded in the device, makes a virtual experience seem ...

Industrial applications require high transmission rates, more bandwidth and ways to integrate motion control with other applications. CAN open language enables plug ...

The lowest layer of the scalable architecture of the vehicle dynamics control system relates to the actuators. It comprises the physical execution of the control commands of the higher-level motion ...