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Motion control and robotics troubleshooting and maintenance advice

Control Engineering

Modern controllers also almost always have high-speed communication ports that can be interfaced with other controllers to coordinate motion. Servo control algorithms are PID-based for position or torque control. Usually this is an Ethernet-based communication protocol, but fiber optics are sometimes used.

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Recreating the ‘sixth sense’ and other human sensory abilities in machines

E&T

In 2019, a team at the Technical University of Munich developed a system combining artificial skin with control algorithms, creating what they claimed was the first autonomous humanoid robot with full-body artificial skin.