Disclosed is a device for regulating motion of a drive component moving along or about a follower axis in response to linear motion of a master drive driven along or about a guiding axis x. The device includes two sensors for sensing the actual displacement along or about the two axes to produce two pairs of phase-shifted timing signals defining the actual displacements about respective axes. The timing signals are applied to a regulating difference generator which includes a forward/backward counter whose output delivers the regulating difference signal. The output of the counter is coupled to the follower drive. A desired displacement signal for the guiding axis is directly applied to the master drive.