Which architecture fits which motion problem

The single most useful question in a servo drive conversation is whether the machine touches something. If it does, force control is on the table; if it does not, you should judge the drive on positioning behaviour instead. This page maps common machine types to the motion pattern each one needs.

Semiconductor die attach

Picking a die off the wafer, placing it onto the substrate, and pressing it down without cracking it.

Pick-and-place with soft landing

Z-axis approach control when the part must touch the target rather than stop above it.

IVD and laboratory pipetting

Liquid handling where the tip must touch the well and the system must not over-press.

Optical focus and alignment

Lens or sensor stages that need to detect contact and stop at a defined force.

Electric grippers and end-effectors

Parallel and angular grippers that need to hold a part with a known force.

Linear XY stages and gantries

Planar stages where positioning accuracy and settling time drive throughput.

Panel and container handling

Moving flat panels, trays or containers through a process line.

A note on robots. Robot joint modules are one application for this technology, but they are not the strongest one. They depend on the DR ring product rather than the general-purpose range, and in a robot joint the priority is usually torque density and backdrivability rather than contact-force resolution. If your machine is a robot, say so — the selection logic changes.

Describe your machine See the parameter reference