Motion control Equipment making Rising of a country • Manufacturing development and prosperity (30 – 50 years) Development and application of the equipment industry (30-50 years) UK (1710-1850, 40 yrs) Steam engine (1712-1714) – train (1825) – Great Eastern (1858) US: AC Motor (1888) – Airplane (1903) – CNC Core technology in equipment making: talents Machine tools (1947) – first industrial robot (1961) and industry (30-50 years) Japan: Taking the lead in developing its motion control industry (YASKAWA, Fanuc) 50 -110 years