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Is there a classification of method of control most (FDM) 3D printers fall under?

From a robotics textbook* I was reading they defined three classes of control:

1. Pick and place

2. Point to point

3. Continuous path

However, both point to point and continuous path control are stated as requiring servo motors.

I know that the majority of 3D printers are actuated with stepper motors as opposed to servo. Does the continuous path classification still apply? Or is there another classification?

*Fundamentals of Robot Technology: An Introduction to Industrial Robots, Teleoperators and Robot Vehicles - DJ Todd - 1986

Is there a classification of method of control most (FDM) 3D printers fall under?

From a 1986robotics textbook^ref I was reading they defined three classes of control:

1. Pick and place

2. Point to point

3. Continuous path

However, both point to point and continuous path control are stated as requiring servo motors.

I know that the majority of 3D printers are actuated with stepper motors as opposed to servo. Does the continuous path classification still apply? Or is there another classification?

ref - Todd, D.J.(Ed.):Fundamentals of Robot Technology: An Introduction to Industrial Robots, Teleoperators and Robot Vehicles - Kogan Page 1986

Is there a classification of method of control most 3D printers fall under?

From a robotics textbook I was reading they defined three classes of control:

1. Pick and place

2. Point to point

3. Continuous path

However, both point to point and continuous path control are stated as requiring servo motors.

I know that the majority of 3D printers are actuated with stepper motors as opposed to servo. Does the continuous path classification still apply? Or is there another classification?

Is there a classification of method of control most (FDM) 3D printers fall under?

From a robotics textbook* I was reading they defined three classes of control:

1. Pick and place

2. Point to point

3. Continuous path

However, both point to point and continuous path control are stated as requiring servo motors.

I know that the majority of 3D printers are actuated with stepper motors as opposed to servo. Does the continuous path classification still apply? Or is there another classification?

*Fundamentals of Robot Technology: An Introduction to Industrial Robots, Teleoperators and Robot Vehicles - DJ Todd - 1986