Hackaday

DIY Linear Tubular Motor Does Precise Slides

We’ve seen plenty of motor projects, but [Jeremy]’s DIY Tubular Linear Motor is a really neat variety of stepper motor in a format we certainly don’t see every day. It started as a design experiment ...
Morningstar

Smooth Motor Launches High-Precision Stepper Motor Solutions, Empowering Major Telescope Projects and OEM Automation

NINGBO, China, Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Smooth Motor, a global supplier with 30 years of experience in professional motion solutions, has been selected to join the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Motor Test Helps NASA’s Shuttle and Ares 1

PROMONTORY, Utah – NASA’s Space Shuttle Program successfully fired a reusable solid rocket motor Thursday, Nov. 16, at a Utah facility. The two-minute test provided important information for nighttime ...
SpaceNews

NASA Successfully Competes Solid Rocket Motor Test

NASA’s Space Shuttle program successfully fired its first Production Rate Motor Tuesday, Aug. 16, at a Utah test facility. The two-minute static, or stationary, firing of the rocket motor was ...
Hackaday

pcb motor

[Carl Bugeja] has been working on his PCB motors for more than three years now, and it doesn’t seem like he is close to running out of ideas for the project. His latest creation is a tiny ...