Motion Control Reliability
KA stage reveals lessons to improve motion-control reliability.
Mechatronic analysis helps keep stage movements reliable.
Las Vegas – When engineers initially designed motion-control system for the main stage of Cirque du Soleil’s Las-Vegas-based show KA, it was based on an open-loop system. But starting in 2010, stage control will change to a closed-loop system that helps improve reliability.
“There was a lack of visibility into the system that was keeping Cirque from maximizing motion control of the stage,” says Ian Hall, the lead engineer from Siemens assigned to the KA stage at the MGM Grand. He was part of a team of Siemens engineers that have been...read more
Mechatronic analysis helps keep stage movements reliable.
Las Vegas – When engineers initially designed motion-control system for the main stage of Cirque du Soleil’s Las-Vegas-based show KA, it was based on an open-loop system. But starting in 2010, stage control will change to a closed-loop system that helps improve reliability.
“There was a lack of visibility into the system that was keeping Cirque from maximizing motion control of the stage,” says Ian Hall, the lead engineer from Siemens assigned to the KA stage at the MGM Grand. He was part of a team of Siemens engineers that have been...read more
Posted by Bruce at 13 Jan 2010 
Categories: Engineering at Work, Entertainment Engineering
Tags: cirque du soleil ka motion control
Categories: Engineering at Work, Entertainment Engineering
Tags: cirque du soleil ka motion control
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