The Internet totally changed how we live our lives. 30 years ago, you had to go to a college campus to attend class, you had to drive to the office to go to work, you had to physically go to the grocery store to buy basic necessities, and you had to be in the same… Read more »

You either love robots, or you hate robots. There’s the camp that loathes automation and industrial robots because they believe that machines will replace the hardworking, yet inefficient, working class. Then there are those whose eyes light up at any mention of automation because robots are cool, and they love how robots make our lives… Read more »

The demand for industrial robots and servo motors continues to climb… like an over-sized ape on the Empire State building. A recent report examined the global market for industrial robots and servos, and made some predictions on where the market would be in the next few years. The report took a close look at China’s… Read more »

The short answer is, no. The number of robots, industrial machines, and automation systems that are being used globally is continuing to rise. You can read new headlines every day heralding the end of the human worker. Robotics and automation technologies are constantly improving, and the advantages machines have over humans are enough to cause… Read more »

If you keep up with robotics, you may have heard about robots that can learn tasks. This idea raises a lot of thought provoking questions. What does it mean for a robot to learn? Can robots really learn? Why would we want robots to learn? People become skilled at things through observation, learning, and practice…. Read more »

Indramat never made 3D printers, but that doesn’t mean that the two are unrelated. In fact, Indramat and 3D printers have more in common than you might think. 3D printers use servo motors to carry out functions, as do Indramat motion control systems (the two use very different types of servos, however). Indramat revolutionized the… Read more »

What’s the most important part of a motion control system? While the motor and the drive are certainly essential to servo control, a strong argument could be made for the control itself. The control is responsible for sending information to the drive, as well as receiving and analyzing the feedback information. Basically, the control is… Read more »

Humans are special. We do amazing and incredible things that make us remarkable and unique. Expressing creativity through art is one of those things. A cheetah with a paintbrush won’t create a masterpiece comparable to something made by Renoir. It will just eat the paintbrush. Regardless of what the infinite monkey theorem tells us, a… Read more »

We work with robots. More specifically, we deal in servo repair and maintenance for industrial machinery. Even more specifically, we specialize in Indramat motion control systems. But even though we work with robots, there are some robots that are well out of our wheelhouse. Like autonomous nanobots made out of platinum and gold, for example…. Read more »

If you’ve been keeping up with the presidential primaries, you’ve probably heard plenty of talk about manufacturing. Whether politician A is sharing his experience of single-handedly running a steel mill as a boy, or politician B telling about how his father was born in an auto plant, politicians have been singing the tune of manufacturing… Read more »