MOCRAF 2025

America/Chicago
Spire Parlor (Palmer House Hilton Chicago)

Spire Parlor

Palmer House Hilton Chicago

Description

 

Welcome to the MOCRAF 2025 Workshop!

Building upon the success of previous editions, the MOCRAF workshop returns as a dynamic and multidisciplinary platform dedicated to the latest advancements in motion control. This year, we are thrilled to emphasize the field of Mechatronics and Robotics, exploring its integration and interaction with motion control systems. Our goal is to create an engaging and enjoyable workshop experience by actively involving participants and incorporating their valuable feedback. Moreover, this group will continue to thrive beyond the workshop, serving as a foundation for future MOCRAF meetings.

 

The session themes this year will be:

  • Challenges in our Diverse Facilities
    Share with your workhsop colleagues what new challenges we are facing, or solutions we are implementing. Share our application experiences with sub-micron positioning, complex sample stages and synchronous motion control and detectors acquisition.
     
  • Automation, Mechatroincs and Robotics
    How this field is changing in our facilites. What are we developing. What are the challenges of customisation for integration. And how do we determine the cost vs benefits analysis.
    Share our experiences with industrial robot arms, implementations and integration into our control systems (EPICS/ TANGO).  
    Explore experiences with metrology, how we characterise our stages, how we integrate new sensors
     
  • Maintenance strategies: Preventive, corrective, predictive
    As our facilities age what strategies do we employ to maintain our actuators and machines at peak performance. What tools do we employ, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance and any diagnostic tools for data driven insights for reliability improvements. How does the control impact the maintenance and lifetime of our devices?
     
  • New Technologies
    Share your experiences in digital twins, Simulation Driven Design and Machine learning for Controls tuning.
    Explore experiences with integrated smart actuators, Brushless DC motors with FOC and collaborative robots and actuators.
    What are we considering regarding Embedded and edge intelligence.
     

We also extend a warm invitation to our mechanical and metrology colleagues to join us, recognizing that motion control is just one component of a broader mechatronic domain. We value the diverse perspectives and expertise that each attendee brings, fostering an inclusive environment for fruitful discussions and knowledge sharing.

If you have specific topics you would like to contribute or explore during the workshop, please do not hesitate to let us know. Your input will help shape the agenda and ensure that the MOCRAF 2025 Workshop remains relevant and engaging for all participants.

To help improve the organization, please complete the following survey.

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Room for the workshop

 

 

 

We look forward to your active participation and a memorable workshop experience at MOCRAF 2025!

 

 

 

Zoom link to follow the workshop:

Topic: MOCRAF2025
Time: Sep 21, 2025 09:00 Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://rediris.zoom.us/j/96176709881?pwd=2c1JA4bktOPAyV0GPg4YxdwRYhU1fr.1

Meeting ID: 961 7670 9881
Passcode: 352671

 

    • 08:50 08:55
      Introduction Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

      Convener: Mr Brian Nutter (DLS)
    • 09:00 10:30
      Short presentation 2-3min: Challenges in our Diverse Facilities Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

      Conveners: Brian Nutter(Chair), Yves-Marie Abiven(Timekeeper)
      • 09:00
        Short presentations of institutes 1h 30m

        Short welcome presentations of all institutes represented during the workshop:

        1. ALBA
        2. ANL/APS
        3. BNL/NSLS2
        4. CERN
        5. CLS
        6. DLS
        7. ESRF
        8. JCNS
        9. HZB
        10. MaxIV
        11. PSI
        12. SLAC
        13. Soleil
        14. Spring-8
        15. Tekniker
        16. XFEL
    • 10:30 10:55
      Coffee break Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

    • 10:55 11:45
      Advanced Motion Control Algorithms Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

      • Sirius
        -MI Partners
      Conveners: Maxim Brendike(Chair), Nicola Coppola(Time Keeper)
    • 11:45 12:30
      Round Table Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

    • 12:30 13:45
      Lunch 1h 15m
    • 13:45 14:40
      New Technologies Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

      Conveners: Xavier Serra-Gallifa (Timekeeper), Yves-Marie Abiven(Chair)
    • 14:40 15:00
      Maintenance strategies: Preventative, corrective, predictive Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

      Conveners: Mario Di Castro(TimeKeeper), Nicola Coppola(Chair)
    • 15:00 15:30
      Round Table Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

    • 16:00 16:30
      Automation, Mechatronics and Robotics Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

      Conveners: Mario Di Castro(Chair), Maxim Brendike(Timekeeper)
    • 16:30 17:00
      Round Table Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago

    • 17:00 17:30
      Workshop Summary Spire Parlor

      Spire Parlor

      Palmer House Hilton Chicago