SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL REVIEW
gMP Seriesh as Motion Platform
Masatoshi IKEMOTO and Takashi NARUMI


SHI Control Systems, Ltd. (SCS) delivered the MP Series launched in 1995 to various robot control markets. The MP series has evolved into "MP-Servo/MP-Pulse" through several model changes in order to respond to the recent demand for faster and more accurate control. Initially sold as an "all-in-one type robot controller", the series is now positioned not only as a robot controller but also as a "motion platform" for various types of equipment due to its fast and high-precision control. SCS describes the functions of MP-Servo/MP-Pulse, which is the latest version of the MP Series, as a "standard motion controller", and then provide examples of applying the platform.