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Mechanical Design tutorials
9 tutorials tagged Mechanical Design.
Intermediate · 25 min
Friction, Force Closure and Why Two Contacts Is a Bet
Why the object squirts out however hard you squeeze, and what the friction cone actually says.
Read tutorial →Beginner · 30 min
Robot Gripper Types and How to Size Grip Force
Pick the gripper type, then size the force with the term everyone forgets: acceleration.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 30 min
Servo Gripper Force, Stall and Why Compliance Wins
The knob is a position, the walls are forces, and stiffness is the exchange rate between them.
Read tutorial →Beginner · 25 min
Steps Per Millimetre: Belts, Lead Screws, Resolution
One number ties pulses to millimetres. Derive it, then prove it with a measurement.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 25 min
How Hard a Robot Can Push: Traction and Weight
Two ceilings set push force, and on a small robot the floor is almost always the lower one.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 35 min
How to Choose a DC Gearmotor: Torque, RPM and Stall
Work out the torque and RPM your robot actually needs, then read a datasheet against real numbers.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 30 min
Gearbox Backlash in Robots: How to Measure and Fix It
Every gearbox has play. Find out how much yours has, and what it is quietly costing your robot.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 30 min
Wheel Slip: Why Odometry Drifts and How to Fight It
Every odometry page says slip ruins the estimate. This is what slip is and what it costs.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 25 min
Robot Arm Types: Cartesian, SCARA, Delta and 6-Axis
Four architectures compared by workspace, stiffness and speed — and the kinematics duality between them.
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