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In this course, you will :
- How do we make a robot move? What kind of ways are there to power our robots and how can we use even tiny motors to move a substantial load? How can we make things like robotic, bionic arms? These are the things we'll explore with first hand application and practical experiments that you can perform at home to get you one step closer to designing and building robots and robotic systems..
Lesson overview:
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In this course we'll be covering:
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Simple machines (which all come into play in surprising ways you probably haven't seen before)
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Designing an arm robot
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The toggle mechanism (again, comes into play in a ridiculous number of surprising ways you probably haven't seen before)
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harmonic drives, cycloidal drives, epicyclic drives, traction drives
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strength of materials & construction challenge
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case study: design challenges of a deep-submarine, remotely operated vehicle
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hydraulics & pneumatics (including building your own)
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air & hydraulic muscles, muscle wire
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servos (speed, pressure, force, position, etc...)
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DC motors, BLDC motors, BLDC servo motors, stepper motors, AC motors, AC servo motors, single and three phase power, electrical generation
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frequency drives, PWM AC signal generation
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regenerative / rheostatic / dynamic braking, looking at electric vehicle design and locomotive design
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counter-force systems you will encounter in industrial robots
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safety around robot systems, in industry and hobby
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robot designs: articulated arm, gantry, spine, collaborative
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case study: combat robots
