Miniature Optical Kit Encoders for Surgical Robots

Miniature optical kit encoders help surgical robots to achieve highly precise control over movements, rotations, and positioning.

Miniature optical kit encoders help surgical robots to achieve highly precise control over movements, rotations, and positioning. For such sophisticated applications Lika Electronic has developed a full lineup of high precision optical kit encoders.

AMM series PCB-based rotary absolute encoders are designed in a range of shaft diameters ranging from 45 mm down to 6 mm (1.771” ÷ 0.236”) for direct integration into sequential joints of robotic arms. They offer high singleturn (up to 21 bits) and multiturn (up to 40 bits) resolution, the finest accuracy (±0.010°) and SSI, BiSS, and RS-485 interfaces + Sine/Cosine signals.

SOA1 is a PCB-based optical linear absolute encoder to be paired with a linear scale for controlling the micro-movements of robot end effectors (grippers, needles, etc.) at sub-micrometer scale. The measuring length is 500 mm (19.685”), others on request.

All encoders excel in small size, low profile, minimum weight, high resolution, and finest accuracy and can be customized to fit virtually any package and meet specific installation requirements.