\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{siltex} \usetikzlibrary {arrows.meta,positioning} \tikzset{nodes={text height=.7em, text width=2.8cm, align=center, draw=black!50, thick, font=\footnotesize, fill=white}, >={Stealth[round,sep]}, rounded corners, semithick} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[y=0.8cm,x=3.2cm] \node (pp) {Path planning}; \node (ip)[below=1 of pp] {Interpolation}; \node (ik)[below=1 of ip] {Inverse Kinematics\\/Lookup Table}; \node (sd)[below=1 of ik] {Stepper driver}; \begin{scope}[nodes={right, draw=none, fill=none, midway,text width={}}] \path[->] (pp) edge node {$x,y$} (ip) (ip) edge node {$x,y$} (ik) (ik) edge node {$\phi,\psi$} (sd); \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}