Smooth motion is critical to some robotic applications such as haptics or those requiring high precision force control. These systems are often direct-drive, so any torque ripple in the motor output must be minimal. Unfortunately, low inherent torque ripple motors are expensive. Low cost brushless DC motors are becoming more prevalent, especially from the hobby RC community. These motors often ...

The Brushless DC (BLDC) motor is a simple robust machine which has found application over a wide power and speed of ranges in different shapes and geometry. This paper briefly reviews the fundamentals behind the motor and also the different types of BLDC motors with different geometries and then presents a new configuration for BLDC motor/generator, which does not use a permanent magnet in the ...

After much research and developments in the fields of magnetic materials their application to electric motor drives has increased to a significant extent. AC motors with permanent magnet rotors are available as brushless DC motors (BLDCM) for both domestic and industrial applications. With the advancements in power electronics, the control of Brushless DC machine has become more flexible for va...

─ Brushless dc (BLDC) motor drives are continually gaining popularity in motion control applications. Therefore, it is necessary to have low cost, but effective speed/torque characteristics. A Brushless DC (BLDC) drives are known for higher efficiency and lower maintenance. As the name implies, BLDC motors do not use brushes for commutation instead, they are electronically commutated. For effec...