Simple electric motors turn when you apply power. They have been used this way since their inception. Yet today, a microcontroller may be sitting between the motor and the switch, and motors can be ...

In the world of electronics, a robot isn’t really a robot unless it moves — and this is where precise motor control comes into play. Robots designed to lift heavy loads may use high-torque AC ...

Four of the college’s eight Sun Corp. automation trainers used in its MECH-54 course. As manufacturing operations increased in the U.S. for the first time in years, a significant part of the ...