Planar Motor
What changed, and what is the evidence.
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What changed, and what is the evidence.
Oct 15, 2026 · Post · posted
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Planar Motor XBots levitate across gaps between Flyway sections, carrying products from one module to the next without stopping. Separate stations, add clearance for cleaning or access, and design layouts around your process instead of… |
No belts. No mechanical contact. Just magnetic motion. 🤯⚙️ Planar Motor’s system uses independently controlled mobile XBots moving over a stationary array of modular stators. Each XBot can move with multiple degrees of freedom including… |
A planar motor system consists of mobile XBots (movers) operating over a stationary array of modular Flyways (stators). Each XBot is independently controlled and magnetically levitated, providing six degrees of freedom, including linear… |
No arms. No rails. No contact. For decades, moving a wafer meant a robot arm: joints, belts, bearings. Every arm is a particle source, a maintenance item, and a constraint on tool placement. Magnetically levitated XBots: six degrees of… |