COMPANY
COMPANY
Overview
Vision
Movensys contributes to the change of society through continuous technical innovation.
Beyond Motion Control, Making Factories Smarter
Movensys' open architecture-based technology provides more innovative value beyond motion control, and make all customer's equipment smarter.
'Making customers' equipment smarter' is Movensys' promise and will.
We will realize this through easier and more versatile motion control technology
Movensys was founded in 1996, as a project of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). From the beginning, Movensys has been striving to become a future-oriented leader in the 4th Industrial Revolution.
In 2021, Movensys has changed its company name with the spirit of becoming a technology-intensive global leading company in the robot, motion control, and high tech measurement industries.
Under the company slogan of "Contributing to the social change through continuous technological innovation,"
all our employees are making effort to provide customized automation solution as well as system consulting service throughout the various industrial sectors such as semi-conductor, display, and information communication equipment.
History
Starting with the 'Robot Control Project' at MIT in 1996 to
develop world-first software-based motion control platform.
Movensys was founded with the aim of constant challenges that began with the 'Next Generation Robot Controller' development project at MIT in 1996. In addition, Movensys developed the World’s First Software-based Motion Controller Platform 'WMX' that integrates Soft Motion technology and EtherCAT communication, as well as Soft Master based on CC-Link IE TSN and MECHATROLINK-4 communication.
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Start1996
Started with the 'Next Generation Robot Controller' development project at MIT
1997U.S.-origin patent application for Servo control via world's first PC
1998Establishment of Soft Servo Systems, Inc. (United States)
2004Obtained the world's first software-based motion control technology patent
2006Establishment of Soft Servo Systems, Inc. (Japan)
2008Development of exclusive EtherCAT Master
Start with sales of Soft Motion
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Business Growth & Establishment2012
Started technical partnership and product supply with the largest semiconductor equipment manufacturer in South Korea
2014Launched a 64-axis general motion control solution 'WMX' that integrates Soft Motion and EtherCAT technologies
Establishment of Soft Servo Systems, Inc. (South Korea)
2018WMX3 releases designed with open architecture
2019Patents for soft motion architecture are obtained from countries around the world
2020Released WMX3 with CC-Link IE TSN, the world's first CC-Link IE TSN Soft Master
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Business Expansion2020
Investment by Crescendo Equity Partners
2021Changed the official name to 'Movensys' from Soft Motions & Robotics, and its HQs moved to Bundang in South Korea
2022Software-based control solution WMX receives 'IR52 Jang Young-sil Award'
2023Signing and Acquiring Strategic Partnerships with Skylla Technologies of United States
Business agreement and investment with Mitsubishi Electric of Japan
2024Select as a national project for the development of an integrated control SW platform for AMR
Received the 'Minister's Award' as a contributor to industrial digital transformation
Global Network
Corporate Identity
Signature
The corporate name Movensys derived from Latin words 'primum movens' of which meaning is the first mover without being moved itself and the Greek word σῠν(sun-) that means 'stand with, together'. The signature is designed to express lucid and future-oriented concept.
Our company vision "contributing to the change of society by continuous technical innovation” is emphasized by the Möbius strip implying infinite values.
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