Motion Control & Robotics

Servos, actuators and coordinated motion. Where control meets mechanics: electric, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, servo and motion control loops, and industrial robots.

• Actuators — Actuators make robots move. Learn electric motors (servo, stepper, BLDC), gear reducers (planetary, harmonic, cycloidal), hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, sizing torque/speed/inertia ratio, and emerging soft and series-elastic actuators.
• Motion Control — Motion control makes robots follow planned paths accurately. Learn trajectory planning (trapezoidal and S-curve profiles), cascaded position/velocity/current loops, PID tuning, feedforward, following error, bandwidth and multi-axis coordination.
• Industrial Robots — Industrial robots automate welding, handling, painting and assembly. Learn robot types and specifications (payload, reach, repeatability), programming methods (teach pendant, offline), cell design, safety standards, collaborative robots and ROI.