Gadget lovers would be at a loss if not for Mabuchi Motor Co. This little-known company controls half the world market for the tiny motors that give movement to everything from compact-disc players to ...

Advancements in automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are driving innovation in robotics, allowing them to expand into new industries with the emergence of smaller and smarter robotic designs.

Following PSU’s exclusive reveal of Mini Motor Racing X, the development team at The Binary Mill went radio silent for a few weeks. But this afternoon, they came roaring back into the limelight with a ...

Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have created a prototype mini motor designed to extend the capabilities of the new breed of small satellite. The motor weighs roughly ...

Motors, pumps, and other electromechanical devices are tinier than ever–and getting even smaller. Now, for the first time, researchers have used miniature, nested cylinders, called multiwalled carbon ...

STMicroelectronics has added two miniature motor drivers to its range of SLLIMM (Small Low-Loss Intelligent Molded Modules), which will enable domestic appliances to offer better energy ratings. ST's ...

A multileaf collimator (MLC) for radiosurgery from Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, Calif., contains up to 120 tungsten slats controlled by miniature motors. The slats block the path of X-rays, ...

Size plays a key role in miniaturization and automation, where smaller is usually better. Conventional electromagnetic motors have certain restrictions when it comes to reducing dimensions while ...

MUNICH—ARRI today unveiled a Software Update Package (SUP) 2.0 for its cforce mini and cforce plus lens motors, improving the time it takes the motors to respond to user input, making them twice as ...

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has added two miniature motor drivers to its range of SLLIMM (Small Low-Loss ...