The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA is helping to improve absolute accuracy for robots.

The ANS/ANM58 Profinet from Sick Sensor Intelligence delivers rapid, bi-directional communication with PLCs. The design includes an improved optical measurement system for high precision movement ...

An unexpected revisit to my earlier post on mouse encoder hacking sparked a timely opportunity to reexamine quadrature encoders, this time with a clearer lens and a more targeted focus on their signal ...

The new release date of Absolute Batman #14, along with the reason for its delay, has finally been revealed. Absolute Batman #14 comes after Absolute Batman #13, which dropped on October 8, 2025. The ...

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Designed for demanding industry and research applications of scanning, measuring, imaging, and alignment. Ultra-precise linear motor stage, with 1µm straightness/flatness and 1nm absolute encoder, ...

Smartphone processor and modem maker Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, the Italian company known mainly for its open source ecosystem of microcontrollers and the software that makes them function. In its ...

Designed for demanding industry and research applications of scanning, measuring, imaging, and alignment. (Nanowerk News) Global precision motion control and nanopositioning industry leader PI has ...

All models offer programmable resolutions up to 8192 pulses per revolution (13-bit). Sept. 17, 2025 – AutomationDirect added new multi-turn, absolute encoders from Lika Electronic that use Ethernet or ...

New versions of IXARC absolute encoders with an EtherNet/IP interface are now available with 16-bit resolution, accuracy as high as 0.02° and multi-turn counters with a range of 16,384 revolutions.

Introducing the AEAT-7000 Series, Avago Technologies’ high temperature rated optical encoder module that is capable of providing up to 13 bits of absolute positioning information. AEAT-7000 uses a ...