Gear Combines Several Principles for Precision Motion Control of Mechatronics Drives

Among the challenges to advanced robotics and other mechatronic applications is the ability to get a range of precision motion with few components in a compact volume. The Mechatronic Screw Drive System utilizes the well-known principles of the screw, the planetary gear, and the roller bearing to create a solution for a low-part-count rotation-to-translation converter. There is an inherent safety feature to the design whereby the translation stops and can even reverse if patent load is exceeded.