Sorry to keep plugging this site.Apart from this one its the only one I know.
http:www.roboknowledge.com in particular
http://www.roboknowledge.com/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=1500&page_id=9
Rotary to linear conversion. Nothing more. A motor performs a rotary motion(!) we need to sometimes drive robot arms in a 'linear' fashion.
Pretty much old hat in Robotics. ABB S2 robots used them but dropped them for far better planetary drives.
http://www.roboknowledge.com has some stuff on S2...
Some very intelligent posts.No pint in repeating some of te stuff. My thoughts.
I find that its easy to over complicate stuff. Mostly the customer wants the end result and doesnt really need the painful bit in the middle. Get the solution and work backwards. Dont invent solutions for solutions...
You need to check out some 'basic' sites to give you a feel for how the industry controls stuff.
Try http://www.roboknowledge.com.
If they dont have anything post the question anyway.
regards
Broad question. Not much info around. Try.
http://www.roboknowledge.com
I suggest you ask there , they tend to answer even if the answer is not on the site.
I think the site is new.
