Let's build a TBot cartesian motion platform I needed an XY motion platform for an upcoming project, and had some prior CAD work for a "T-Bot" parallel cartesian mechanism. Let's machine some parts ...

Festo introduces the Festo Motion Control Package (FMCP), a control system for coordinated motion of up to six axes for pick and place and other high speed, precision Cartesian robotic applications.

Bosch Rexroth Corporation (www.boschrexroth.com) has added the new IndraMotion for Handling to its CMS Cartesian Motion System. The company says the new combination CMS will make it easier to specify, ...

Automation World's Managing Editor, Wes Iversen talks with Dan Throne, Industry Sector Manager, Bosch Rexroth, about the company's Cartesian Motion System (CMS Robot).

I built a TBot Cartesian motion platform from scratch, machining custom ISO-grid parts, tackling thread milling, and dialing in precision motion control—here’s how it all came together! Manfred ...

The CMS motion system uses a PLC-based motion controller and an HMI controller interface that provides controls for gantries with up to three linear axes (X, Y, Z ) and three rotary axes (A, B, C ).

More of the automation world is getting on board with a new generation of motion-control and servo-drive technology: “cabinet-free,” or distributed, control and drive systems. In today’s automated ...

Converting manual racks to automated racks allowed workers to achieve 5x the output and improve accuracy by at least 10x ...