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  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-25",
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  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/aerotech.com/provenance.json",
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        "laser material processing",
        "medical device manufacturing",
        "optical component alignment and inspection",
        "scientific and beamline research instrumentation"
      ],
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        "Data Storage",
        "Electronics",
        "Fundamental Science & Research",
        "Laser Processing",
        "Medical & Life Sciences",
        "Optics & Photonics",
        "Precision Manufacturing",
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    "company": {
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        "city": "Pittsburgh",
        "region": "Pennsylvania",
        "country": "US"
      },
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      "name": "Aerotech",
      "domain": "aerotech.com",
      "founded": 1970,
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      ],
      "legal_name": "Aerotech, Inc.",
      "description": "Designs and manufactures precision motion control and automation products, including motion controllers, drives, positioning stages, actuators, motors, gantries, laser scan heads, gimbals, optical mounts, and hexapods, for industrial, scientific, and defense customers."
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        "url": "https://www.aerotech.com/products/motion-control-platforms/",
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        "summary": "Motion control platform combining software, controllers, and drives that coordinates up to 32 axes of motion from one controller.",
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            "category": "motion_control",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
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        "url": "https://www.aerotech.com/products/stages-actuators/",
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        "name": "Stages & Actuators",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Linear, rotary, lift/Z-axis, XY, and air-bearing precision positioning stages and actuators for laser processing, metrology, and optical alignment applications.",
        "extensions": {
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            "category": "positioning_stage",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
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        "url": "https://www.aerotech.com/products/motors/",
        "kind": "component",
        "name": "Motors",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Direct-drive brushless linear motors and framed/frameless rotary torque motors for precision optics, HDD manufacturing, semiconductor processing, and factory automation.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "motor",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
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        "url": "https://www.aerotech.com/products/gantries/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Gantries",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Mechanical and air-bearing multi-axis gantry systems for high-dynamic contouring in precision assembly, micromachining, optical inspection, and laser material processing.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "gantry_system",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "laser-scan-heads",
        "url": "https://www.aerotech.com/products/laser-scan-heads/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Laser Scan Heads",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "2D, 3D, and 5D galvanometer laser scan heads controlled through the Automation1 platform for medical device, electronics, and additive manufacturing.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "laser_scan_head",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
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        }
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Gimbals & Optical Mounts",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Direct-drive gimbals and optical mounts providing two- or three-axis positioning of optical components, lasers, antennas, and sensors for testing and calibration applications.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "gimbal",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
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        "name": "Hexapods",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Six degree-of-freedom hexapod (Stewart platform) positioning systems with step resolution down to 20 nanometers, used for photonic device alignment and synchrotron/beamline sample manipulation.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "axes": 6,
            "category": "hexapod",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "custom-solutions",
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        "name": "Custom Solutions",
        "role": "systems_integrator",
        "summary": "Custom engineered motion systems and integrated automation systems designed to customer specifications.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      }
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      "url": "https://www.aerotech.com/contact/",
      "phone": "+1-412-963-7470",
      "methods": [
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      "robotics": {
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          "systems_integrator"
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        "service_area": [
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        ],
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      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-08-25"
  }
}