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Miniature Linear Stage on Mars Rover Helps Provide Precision Focus Control for SuperCam
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Miniature Linear Stage on Mars Rover Helps Provide Precision Focus Control for SuperCam

The tiny PI micropositioning stage on the Perseverance rover plays an important role in NASA’s mission to detect traces of former life on the RED planet. June 2021, Auburn, MA – Precision motion control and nano-positioning industry leader, PI, plays a key role in distance targeting of geological samples for testing by the Mars rover, Perseverance. Exacting control of the optical focus is...

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Robot Operating System Drivers Enhance PI Hexapod Functionality
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Robot Operating System Drivers Enhance PI Hexapod Functionality

The open source set of tools, software libraries, and rules aid in the development and control of 6-axis hexapod robot operations, newly available. December 2020, Auburn, MA – The Robot Operating System (ROS) by ROS.org is a flexible framework for robotics software development. PI’s release of ROS drivers is the company’s latest addition to its H-811 high performance hexapod 6-axis...

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Miniature Linear Stage on Mars Rover Helps Provide Precision Focus Control for SuperCam
Communication Systems & Equipment

Miniature Linear Stage on Mars Rover Helps Provide Precision Focus Control for SuperCam

The tiny PI micropositioning stage on the Perseverance rover plays an important role in NASA’s mission to detect traces of former life on the RED planet. June 2021, Auburn, MA – Precision motion control and nano-positioning industry leader, PI, plays a key role in distance targeting of geological samples for testing by the Mars rover, Perseverance. Exacting control of the optical focus is...

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PI (Physik Instrumente) Continues Expansion in Asia-pacific Region

To satisfy the growing need for PI’s high precision and high performance motion control solutions in Asia, PI invests in a new R&D and Manufacturing center in Changzhou, to specifically focus on the local demands in the APAC region. The new factory offers solutions for high performance automation applications, ranging from standard single-axis linear modules to scalable multi-axis systems....

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Z-Tip-Tilt Nanopositioning Stage for Precision Alignment is Ultra-low Profile, Fast, Precise, and Maintenance-free with Air Bearings

Cleanroom-compatible, this high performance noncontact positioner is well-suited for wafer inspection, fiber positioning, optics positioning, flat screen inspection, maskless lithography, and µ-LED manufacturing. April 2021, Auburn, MA – PI’s air bearing motion product line is expanding. The new A-523 Z-Tip-Tilt low profile nano-positioning and alignment stage is based on a frictionless...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Physik Instrumente (PI) Acquires P·G·W, Japanese Granite Base Machining Company

The new acquisition will provide granite plates with high flatness and system integration capabilities for PI’s nanopositioning solutions used by leaders in the semiconductor, life sciences, photonics, and industrial automation markets. March 2021, Karlsruhe, Germany – Physik Instrumente’s 100% acquisition of P·G·W Precision Granite W Co. Ltd was completed on February 25, 2021 and is a...

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