Gimbals for Drones Ensure Superior Image Quality

Nanomotion’s gimbal technology stands out from the current offerings in the market, boasting unmatched stability.

Stability and speed enhance panoramic image quality for UAV use and gimbals for drones.

The motor’s response time is at least ten times quicker than its counterparts. This rapid response allows for real-time gyro reading and stabilization, facilitating the creation of panoramic image matrices of any size. Moreover, Nanomotion’s precise motors ensure unparalleled image clarity and detail.

Versatile Applications Across Industries

The versatility of Nanomotion’s 2-axis gimbal extends its utility across a wide range of sectors, from industrial and commercial to scientific research. This sophisticated device plays a crucial role in stabilizing sensors or cameras, thereby finding applications in numerous critical areas including area dominance, thermal inspection, search and rescue, security and surveillance, UAV/robotic vision, navigation, automotive, and precision agriculture.

Such wide-ranging applicability underscores the gimbal’s pivotal contribution to various fields, enhancing operational capabilities and efficiency.

Optimizing Size, Weight, and Power (SWAP) Considerations

Nanomotion’s gimbal systems excel in steadiness, speed, and optimal size, weight, and energy efficiency (SWAP). This fine-tuning is essential for scenarios demanding minimal energy usage, like drones in route to their destinations without the need for stabilization. Moreover, reduced energy use when idle highlights the gimbal’s operational effectiveness and advanced design.

Future Prospects and Integration Capabilities

Looking ahead, Nanomotion’s motors are set to cater to a broader spectrum of gimbal applications, promising even greater versatility and integration capabilities. Controlled by the proprietary XCD controller, Nanomotion’s gimbals are effortlessly integrated into UAV systems, with support for MAVlink commands directly via the Nvidia platform. This ease of integration, combined with the gimbals’ unparalleled performance, positions Nanomotion’s technology as a preferred choice among professionals across commercial and defense sectors.

Nanomotion’s team boasts over 100 man-years of precision motion control experience. The true measure of reliability is to evaluate our motor performance on a system designed and manufactured by Nanomotion.

For more information, please contact Nanomotion by email, call +1 (631) 585-3000,

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Q: What are the key features of the Velox sensing payload that contribute to its capability for unparalleled terrain dominance, especially in comparison to the other payloads in the market?
A: The Velox sensing payload is distinguished by its high stabilization performance coupled with dynamic properties, enabling rapid movements and quick stabilization. This advanced technology allows for the creation of panoramic or mosaic images, with rate of 6 image tiles per second. Such efficiency and speed facilitate unparalleled terrain dominance, a feature typically found in payloads that are 5 times more expensive.

Q: How do Nanomotion’s piezo motors enhance the performance and design of miniature gimbals used in advanced imaging applications?
A: Nanomotion’s piezo motors are characterized by higher mechanical power density, fast response, and direct drive. These features are extremely beneficial for miniature gimbals, leading to the development of a compact and efficient gimbal.

Q: What are the key advantages of the miniature gyro-stabilized Velox EO/IR gimbals for drones and UAS in terms of performance and SWaP criteria?
A: The key advantages of the miniature gyro-stabilized Velox EO/IR gimbals for drones and UAS lie primarily in their exceptional performance and optimization of Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP). The use of Nanomotion’s motors, known for their high acceleration and velocity, enables these gimbals to achieve a fast, gyro-stabilized mechanism with a stabilization performance of 80 micro-radians with zero image processing. Furthermore, the compact size and low power consumption of the motors provide an additional advantage in improving SWaP efficiency. Currently, there are no other products on the market that match the stabilization performance of the Velox EO/IR gimbals within the same SWaP parameters, highlighting their unique value in the field.

Q: What distinguishes the Velox system’s gyro-stabilized platform, featuring gimbals for UAV, in terms of performance and functionality for AGV, UAV, and UAS surveillance and imaging?
A: Velox stands out due to its gyro-stabilized platform, incorporating advanced gimbals for UAV, which ensure images remain clear and stable under challenging conditions. This stability is crucial for the performance and functionality of AGV, UAV, and UAS, providing clear and stable imagery essential for surveillance and imaging across these platforms. Controlled by Mavlink commands via the Nvidia NX platform, Velox boasts an impressive 230°/sec angular velocity. Its dynamic range of travel is ±174° in Azimuth and -30° to +110° in Elevation, offering 360° coverage and flexibility in operation for AGV, UAV, and UAS missions. This feature, alongside Velox’s sophisticated camera system designed for UAV applications—including a 12M pixel visible camera and a 640 x 512 LWIR thermal camera—makes it an invaluable asset for both daytime and nighttime operations, providing reliable surveillance in diverse environments.

Nanomotion’s team consists of engineering resources with more than 100 man years of precision motion control experience. The true measure of reliability is to evaluate our motor performance on a system designed and manufactured by Nanomotion.

For more information, please contact Nanomotion by email, call +1 (631) 585-3000,

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The Advanced Insulin Pump – A Significant Leap Forward In Diabetes Care

A pivotal element in the development of the Insulin Pump is the collaboration between the pump manufacturer and Nanomotion. This partnership has culminated in the creation of a sophisticated drive mechanism at the heart of the pump, which relies.

Nanomotion’s innovations in direct drive, low voltage miniature motors have revolutionized the design and functionality of medical devices, particularly evident in their unique size and performance. These elements, fundamental to the pump’s operation, enable it to deliver precise doses of insulin with unparalleled accuracy. Notably, Nanomotion’s Edge motors have facilitated a significant redesign of the pump’s internal architecture. In contrast, the new design incorporates quadrants linked by internal electrodes, with external electrodes produced through cold spattering. This innovative method dramatically reduces thermal exposure to less than 90°C and narrows the electrode thickness to a slim 2-3 micrometers.

Nanomotion’s Piezo Motors

This advancement is not just a testament to Nanomotion’s expertise in piezo motors but also marks a significant leap in the precise dosing and miniaturization of medical devices. Through these contributions, Nanomotion underscores its commitment to enhancing the efficiency and reliability of medical technologies, paving the way for future developments in the field.

The Insulin Pump, with its compact size and smartphone control capability, coupled with the technological advancements brought about by Nanomotion’s expertise, stands as a game-changer in diabetes care. It exemplifies how collaboration at the intersection of medical science and technology can lead to groundbreaking solutions that improve the lives of individuals with chronic conditions.

Nanomotion’s team consists of engineering resources with more than 100 man years of precision motion control experience. The true measure of reliability is to evaluate our motor performance on a system designed and manufactured by Nanomotion.

For more information, please contact Nanomotion by email, call +1 (631) 585-3000,

הפוסט The Revolutionizing Insulin Pump הופיע לראשונה ב-NANOMOTION.

Velox’s Camera System: Elevating UAV Surveillance Capabilities

At the heart of Velox’s capabilities is its sophisticated camera system, designed specifically for UAV applications. This system includes a 12M pixel visible UAV camera and an uncooled 640 x 512 LWIR thermal camera for drone operations, ensuring clear, high-resolution images across various conditions. Velox’s sensing payload, featuring cameras for drones, is equipped with night vision (LWIR) and motion sensor capabilities, offering unmatched surveillance in low-light conditions. The advanced imaging technology, including a dedicated camera for drone use, makes Velox an invaluable tool for both daytime and nighttime operations, providing reliable surveillance in diverse environments. Furthermore, optional analytics features enable outdoor motion sensor security camera functions and thermal imaging Detection, Recognition, and Identification (DRI) through UAV cameras. This technology is specifically designed for robust environmental adaptability, making it ideal for monitoring and securing outdoor areas in various weather and lighting conditions with thermal cameras for drones.

What sets Velox apart is its gyro-stabilized platform, ensuring images are clear and stable, even in challenging conditions. Controlled by Mavlink commands via the Nvidia NX platform, Velox boasts an impressive 230°/sec angular velocity. Its dynamic range of travel is ±174° in Azimuth and -30° to +110° in Elevation, offering extensive coverage and flexibility in operation.

Compact and lightweight, Velox measures just 71mm in diameter and 130mm in height, weighing less than 430g. This compact size does not compromise its performance; instead, it enhances its applicability in various operational scenarios. The payload supports Video Output for both EO and IR cameras, utilizing MIPI CSII-2 6Gb (4 Lane) for the EO camera and USB2 (standard UVC) for the IR camera.
Additionally, Velox’s high dynamics and high endurance performance enable large amplitude vibration compensation. This feature is crucial for operations in low light levels and for the thermal camera, ensuring no image blur and maintaining high-quality surveillance outputs.
In conclusion, Velox represents a significant leap forward in surveillance technology. Its blend of advanced imaging, gyro stabilization, and compact design makes it an indispensable tool for various applications, ensuring enhanced safety and security in an increasingly complex world.

For more information, please visit www.nanomotion.com or contact nano@nanomotion.com

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הפוסט Velox’s Camera System: Elevating UAV Surveillance Capabilities הופיע לראשונה ב-NANOMOTION.

As the use of Endoscopes continues to expand, the development of miniature actuation has led the use of motorization to provide clearer imaging, through focus and zoom functions as well as manipulators to perform specific tasks. Ultrasonic piezo motors play a key role in advancing the capabilities of this versatile medical device.

As Endoscopes are sterilized and reused, there are current efforts to provide better image quality without changing the optical tube that is inserted into the body. This comes in the form of adding a motorized lens between the eye piece and the camera, freeing up the doctor’s hands to tend to a patient.

Utilizing Nanomotion’s family of miniature, low voltage piezo motors, small modules are designed to move a lens precisely along the optical axis. This module contains the entire closed loop axis, with motor, feedback, and servo control.

Nanomotion has developed more advanced motion solutions that are cable of driving a lens, contained in a 6mm diameter tube, yielding the ability to put motion at the tip of the endoscope.

In the mid-1990’s, Capsule Endoscopy was developed by putting a camera system in a capsule. The capsule travels through the digestive tract, taking thousands of pictures that transmitted to an external storage device worn on a belt. This has been extremely helpful in examining the small intestines for diagnosing Crohn’s disease.

Nanomotion leveraged its design of a cell phone focus module, reducing the size of the components, to fit into the capsule, which is about the size of a vitamin.

Nanomotion’s team consists of engineering resources with more than 100 man years of precision motion control experience. The true measure of reliability is to evaluate our motor performance on a system designed and manufactured by Nanomotion.

For more information, please contact Nanomotion by email, call +1 (631) 585-3000,

הפוסט Industry Focus: Endoscopy הופיע לראשונה ב-NANOMOTION.

While the birth of the Microscope dates back to approximately 1590, there are many claims as to who was the first inventor:

• Zaccharias & Hans Janssen were spectacle makers and experimented with multiple lenses in a tube, increasing the magnification of objects, in the 1590’s
• Galileo, in 1609, ultimately configured multiple lenses (convex and concave) into a tube, resulting in the Telescope and incorporating a focus device. Ultimately this was celebrated in 1624 and given the name “Microscope”.
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek, often referred to as the “Father of the Microscope” ultimately used a single, strong lens to see and identify bacteria, bringing advancement to the biological community.

Product Focus

Today, Light Microscopes are used in the life science & the instrumentation community to image everything from cells, tissue, bacteria and other materials, both with static images as well as live cell imaging. The process for using a microscope and capturing an image continues to make great advances, based on the core technologies in image acquisition, lighting, and motion.

Nanomotion is engaged with the design and manufacturing of a wide range of motion platforms to meet the most demanding motion requirements for use in microscopy for the life science & instrumentation community.

Motion requirements range from high resolution positioning and stability through slow speed constant velocity for sample management. Focus axes that need to follow sample terrain are required to make high speed small moves, with exceptional move and settle performance. Nanomotion’s expertise in moving samples & optics ranges addresses the most demanding performance requirements. Our motor technology optimizes the ability to create OEM solutions for diverse range of instruments.

הפוסט Optical Microscopy הופיע לראשונה ב-NANOMOTION.

Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction (absorption & emission) between matter and light, as a function of the wavelength or frequency of the radiation. It involves the splitting of light into specific wavelengths (a spectrum), done similarly to the way a prism splits light into different colors.

The measurement of this interaction, between light and matter is referred to as Spectrometry. Basically, Spectrometry is a method of studying and measuring the specific spectrum, and is widely used for analysis of materials, chemicals and gasses

At the core of a Fourier Transform (FTIR) Spectrometer is a Michelson interferometer that dictates the precise scanning of a mirror to collect high resolution spectral data over a wide spectral range.

These mirrors must move with precise velocity control and low angular error in order for the spectral measurement to be accurate.

Nanomotion’s motors and small FB Stages excel at satisfying the motion performance required for Michelson interfermetric based spectrometry.

• Velocity ranges from 0.03mm/sec to 30mm/sec
• Velocity uniformity to 0.25%
• Angular accuracy to 10µrad over 10mm travel
• Operating temperatures from -10°C to +50°C

OEM designs for hand-held spectrometers are supported by Nanomotion’s small modules, based on our Edge & Edge-4X motors. Modules designed as small, light weight power efficient solutions can meet the most demanding requirements.

An alternative to a Michelson interferometer based spectrometer is a Fabry-Perot interferometer. A Fabry-Perot interferometer is based on a pair of partially silvered glass optical flats that are typically spaced a few millimeters apart. This principle relies on the phenomenon of multiple beam interference that arises when light shines through a cavity bound by two reflective parallel surfaces. When the light encounters one of the surfaces, a portion of the light is transmitted out and a portion is reflected back. Piezo actuated flexures are used to maintain the parallelism.

The pair optical flats are aligned with a small travel flexure assembly, configured into a tripod with (3) piezo axes. Each axis has a capacitive sensor for feedback and travel up to 50µm

Nanomotion provides motion solutions for a broad range of spectroscopy applications, including Raman, Mass Spectroscopy, Hyperspectral, Optical and others. The ability to provide constant velocity with low angular error is an enabling capability for new generations of smaller and more precise spectrometers.

Nanomotion’s team consists of engineering resources with more than 100 man years of precision motion control experience. The true measure of reliability is to evaluate our motor performance on a system designed and manufactured by Nanomotion.

For more information, please contact Nanomotion by email, call +1 (631) 585-3000,

הפוסט Optimizing Spectral Scanning הופיע לראשונה ב-NANOMOTION.

Standard stages available for linear, rotary, vertical Z-wedge and tilt/goniometric motion.

Standard stages for ambient & vacuum/clean environments

While manufactures prefer to avoid the “commodity” label, applications in semiconductor inspection, medical diagnostics and analytical instrumentation can benefit from a diverse offering of standard stages, configurable into unique solutions. Consider a family of standard stages that are offered for ambient and vacuum environments, provide variation in motor speed/force, and can be configured with position resolution to 10nm. And, in addition to performance, consider that these precision stages provide linear, rotary, Z-wedge vertical, and goniometric tilt axes.

Nanomotion’s team consists of engineering resources with more than 100 man years of precision motion control experience. The true measure of reliability is to evaluate our motor performance on a system designed and manufactured by Nanomotion.

For more information, please contact Nanomotion by email, call +1 (631) 585-3000,

הפוסט Nanomotion Launches NEW Standard Stage Catalog And Website Quoting הופיע לראשונה ב-NANOMOTION.

In mapping the technology gaps necessary to achieve next generation performance, there are a variety of areas that represent challenges. Specific to motion control, the precision required to yield position stability at the sub 1 nanometer level has been identified as a major requirement. It is expected that EBeam imaging resolution will require positioning stability of less than 1nm for extended time periods.

Now motion control manufactures must come to respect one nanometer.

How else can we help?

Achieving the required level of performance must come from a methodical and system design perspective. It is not simply a function of increasing position feedback resolution, but rather considering the impact of every component, such as materials, bearings and motors. This also requires thorough analysis for thermal and vibration impact, taking into account the operating environment.

Utilizing a system design approach, considering all component and environmental factors, Nanomotion has developed and deployed multiple modes of operation within its piezo motor & control to facilitate meeting next generation requirements.

In a single motor or axis, Nanomotion is providing long travel with velocity to 500mm/sec and sub-nanometer positioning. In addition to these modes, the ability to compensate for thermal drift and to do active vibration suppression, allows one single drive technology to close the technology gap from a motion perspective.

Nanomotion’s PS Stage incorporates the new SE motor, which provides significantly higher stiffness and efficiency, has demonstrated sub 1nm performance for meeting these application requirements. The stage can support encoder resolution below 0.1nm (down to 32pm) and provides the structural integrity to meet stable performance.

Shown below – Position stability over 60 seconds, within ±200pm

Nanomotion has demonstrated, in a variety of system designs, the ability to achieve 1nm positioning. The ability to utilize a single piezo motor to drive an axis over long travel distances coupled with the ability to stop and manipulate within the nanometer realm and 1nm stability for hours, is the enabling technology for next generation of precision machines.

Nanomotion’s team consists of engineering resources with more than 100 man years of precision motion control experience. The true measure of reliability is to evaluate our motor performance on a system designed and manufactured by Nanomotion.

For more information, please contact Nanomotion by email, call +1 (631) 585-3000

הפוסט Respecting One Nanometer הופיע לראשונה ב-NANOMOTION.

Nanomotion is currently operating within the guidelines that have be laid out by our respective Governments, relative to our locations, and our corporate policy. We are functioning within the best interest of our personal families and business associates. Our manufacturing continues to operate to meet customer requirements. Employees that are capable of working remotely are working from home, remaining fully connected to business operations. We have successfully mitigated the risk of material flow to meet our delivery commitments and now focus on managing our operations without putting anyone at risk. We have no reported cases of the Corona virus within the company.

How else can we help?

In addition to following government and corporate guidelines to prevent the spread of the CoronaVirus, Nanomotion is focusing much of its short term resources on the production of our RS08 and S787 NUC Shutters that are used in Infrared (IR) cameras.

As we see global actions to increase the use of IR cameras in airports, bus & train stations, border crossings and other high traffic areas, Nanomotion has prepared to increase production of our shutters, that provide an essential calibration to IR cameras.

Dating back to 2003, the SARs outbreak created the need for airports to adopt the use of IR cameras. Led by activities in Singapore, camera systems were used to identify elevated body temperature of travelers entering the country. More recently, the same technology was deployed during the Ebola crisis. Today we are seeing the deployment of IR cameras throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas, due to the massive spread of the CoronaVirus.

The use of Nanomotion’s shutter is an essential part of an IR camera to perform the NUC (non-uniformity calibration) process.

The S787 Linear shutter is designed to sit over the IR image sensor, providing an integral solution for the camera manufacturer and leveraging a close back-working distance.

The RS08 Rotary shutter is designed with all of the drive electronics inside the 8mm diameter shutter body, with the smallest, lightest and most power efficient shutter solution in the world.

Nanomotion’s team consists of engineering resources with more than 100 man years of precision motion control experience. The true measure of reliability is to evaluate our motor performance on a system designed and manufactured by Nanomotion.

For more information, please contact Nanomotion by email, call +1 (631) 585-3000

הפוסט Nanomotion Update: April 2020 הופיע לראשונה ב-NANOMOTION.