Hackaday (unofficial) March 21, 2024 9:00pm Vastly Improved Servo Control, Now Without Motor Surgery #howto #robotshacks #actuator #cascadecontrol #pidcontrol #robotics #servo #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Vastly Improved Servo Control, Now Without Motor Surgery Hobby servos are great, but they’re in many ways not ideal for robotic applications. The good news is that [Adam] brings the latest version of his ServoProject, providing off-the-shelf servos…
Hackaday (unofficial) March 16, 2024 12:00am TOPS, the DIY Robot Dog, Has Great Moves #robotshacks #3dprinted #actuator #diy #robot #robotdog #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 TOPS, The DIY Robot Dog, Has Great Moves We love [Aaed Musa]’s TOPS (Traverser of Planar Surfaces) which is a robot dog with custom-made actuators. The DIY is very strong with this project, and the 3D-printed parts alone took a whop…
Hackaday (unofficial) February 16, 2024 5:00pm Compact Cycloidal Drive Lives Inside This Custom Brushless Motor #robotshacks #actuator #ataor #bldc #brushless #cycloidal #eccentric #robot #rotor #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Compact Cycloidal Drive Lives Inside This Custom Brushless Motor With the popularity of robot dogs, many people have gotten on the bandwagon and tried building DIY versions. Most of them end up attaching a gearbox to an off-the-shelf brushless motor and call it …
Hackaday (unofficial) December 24, 2023 1:00am DIY Pneumatic Actuator Does Great In Action #toolhacks #3dprinted #actuator #pneumatic #pneumatics #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 DIY Pneumatic Actuator Does Great In Action Pneumatic actuators can be powerful and fast, making them very useful for all kinds of mechanical jobs. [Michael Rechtin] decided that while he could buy them off-the-shelf, he preferred to see if …
Hackaday (unofficial) June 30, 2023 12:00pm DIY Robotic Actuator Built For Walking Robots #robotshacks #actuator #quasidirectdrive #roboticactuator #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 DIY Robotic Actuator Built For Walking Robots [Aaed Musa] has built a variety of robots over the years, but found off-the-shelf servos to be underwhelming for his work. Thus, he set out to build a better actuator to support his goals of buildi…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 25, 2022 6:00am Complex Movements From Simple Inflatables, Thanks to Physics #3dprinterhacks #robotshacks #actuator #airpressure #pressure #research #softrobotics #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Complex Movements From Simple Inflatables, Thanks To Physics Inflatable actuators that change shape based on injected pressure can be strong, but their big limitation is that they always deform in the same way. But by taking structural inspiration from origa…
Hackaday (unofficial) February 9, 2022 7:00am Working Model Reveals Amazing Engineering of Webb’s Mirror Actuators #space #actuator #flexure #hexapod #jameswebbspacetelescope #jwst #mirror #stepper #stewart #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Working Model Reveals Amazing Engineering Of Webb’s Mirror Actuators We end up covering a lot of space topics here on Hackaday, not because we’re huge space nerds — spoiler alert: we are — but because when you’ve got an effectively unlimited …
Hackaday (unofficial) November 10, 2021 10:00am 3D Printed Absolute Encoder is Absolutely Wonderful #hardware #mischacks #3dprinted #actuator #knob #robotics #rotaryencoder #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 3D Printed Absolute Encoder Is Absolutely Wonderful When you need to record the angle of something rotating, whether it’s a knob or a joint in a robotic arm, absolute rotary encoders are almost always the way to go. They’re cheap, they&#…