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<br /> October 18, 2012<br /> A Penton Media Publication<br /> Tune in to EngineeringTV.com<br /> Specialissue<br /> onMOTION<br /> CONTROL<br /> A<br /> OFF TILT: WHERE<br /> Robot<br /> INDUSTRIAL MEMS<br /> GYROSCOPES EXCEL,<br /> page 34<br /> SIMULATION HELPS<br /> Revolution CALCULATE TRAJECTORIES,<br /> page 40<br /> PROTOTYPING WITH<br /> page 20 SPRINGS, page 44<br /> CLOUDBASED HELP<br /> FOR MOTION SYSTEM<br /> DESIGNERS,<br /> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=1"> October 18,</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=2"> [ MOTOR TRUTH #7 ] Can I save energy by using</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=3"> www.theleeco.com Go ahead, push us to your li</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=4"> FEATURES 20 A robot for the rest of us </a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=5">           </a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=6"> DEPARTMENTS 8 EDITORIAL Antidote to in</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=7"> Secure your operations with proactive maintenance</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=8"> What's new online machinedesign.com Free Webcas</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=9"> IT'S MOTION CONTROL VERSUS MOTHER NATURE ON CENTR</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=10"> Reliability in a Clutch ...a clutch, brake or</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=11"> air cylinders More Sizes · More Styles · More Acc</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=12"> GRAPHALLOY </a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=13"> ƵƚŽŵĂƟŽŶĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐĨ</a> <a title="October 18, 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3b10936d?page=14"> LETTERS An engineer is an engineer . . . 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