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42 Focus | Motor controllers in how their architectures, form factors and componentry have been optimised, and are contributing enormously to the efficiencies and capabilities of unmanned and self-driving vehicles. However, much further progress is anticipated, with future transistors made from SiC and gallium nitride expected to enable even greater power and optimisation than the industry has yet seen. Advances in other key ESC parts such as capacitor technology and CAN standardisation are also touted as potentially revolutionary in how they might transform motor control engineering in the future. Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Gavin Brett and Oliver Walters at Currawong Engineering, David Palombo and John Nino at Aveox, Rene Ymzon at A-M-C, Javier Espuch at Embention, Marco Sicher and Daniel Hug at maxon motor, Broc Nicodemus at KDE Direct, Duncan Kerr and Luke Read at Aeristech, and Vanja Videnovic and Tony Bazouni at Advanced Power Drives, for their help with researching this article. December/January 2021 | Unmanned Systems Technology AUSTRALIA Advanced Power Drives 61 2 8005 1318 www.powerdrives.net Currawong Engineering +61 362 291 973 www.currawongeng.com Millswood Engineering +61 421 582 494 www.millswoodeng.com.au CHINA T-Motor “+86 791 8855 6889 www.store-en.tmotor.com CZECH REPUBLIC Mejzlik Propellers +420 54321 8888 www.mejzlik.eu GERMANY Hacker Motors +49 871 953 6280 www.hacker-motor-shop.com Infineon +49 892 346 5555 www.infineon.com Wurth Electronics +49 7942 9450 www.we-online.com RUSSIA Zubax Robotics +372 689 1919 www.zubax.com SPAIN Embention +34 965 115 421 www.embention.com SWITZERLAND maxon +41 41 662 15 00 www.maxongroup.com UK Aeristech +44 1926 258422 www.aeristech.co.uk USA Acutronic +1 412 926 1200 www.acutronic.com Advanced Motion Controls +1 805 389 1935 www.a-m-c.com Aveox +1 805 915 0200 www.aveox.com Castle Creations +1 913 390 6939 www.castlecreations.com KDE Direct +1 360 818 4215 www.kdedirect.com Launchpoint Technologies +1 805 683 9659 www.launchpnt.com Lynxmotion +1 866 627 3178 www.lynxmotion.com Maxx Products International +1 847 438 2233 www.maxxprod.com Moog +1 716 687 4954 www.moog.com STMicroelectronics +1 972 466 7775 www.st.com TruTech Specialty Motors +1 763 432 7195 www.trutechmotors.com Xoar +1 626 679 1158 www.xoarintl.com Examples of motor controller suppliers