Center for Technology Commercialization

Program: Marquette University

Intelligent Motion Systems for Industrial Automation

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The Opportunity: Making Industrial Machines Safer, Smarter, and More Reliable

Manufacturers, utilities, and industrial equipment operators are increasingly seeking automation technologies that improve productivity while enhancing safety, precision, and reliability. As robotics and automation expand into safety-critical environments, manufacturers increasingly need intelligent motion-control technologies that overcome limitations in rigidity, reliability, operator fatigue, and system downtime.

The Technology & Current Status

These technologies address key challenges in motion control, automation, and operator safety through variable stiffness actuators for adaptive robotic performance, fault-tolerant power electronics that minimize system downtime, and advanced electro-hydraulic controls that improve precision, ergonomics, and safety in heavy equipment. Together, they enable more adaptive, reliable, and intelligent industrial systems.

Key Value Proposition: Adaptive motion control, real-time fault detection, and intelligent machine operation that improve safety, reliability, productivity, and performance across robotics, automation, utility, and industrial equipment markets.