How to Build Better Robotics with Integrated Actuators
Reese Abouelnasr, a Mechatronics Engineer with Harmonic Drive, answers a few questions about the latest developments in actuators and the design or engineering challenges these devices can help solve in robotics.
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What It Takes to Make Humanoid Robots Move Like Humans: The Engineering Behind Joints, Hands, and Precision Control
A growing trend in humanoid robotics is the shift away from discrete component assembly toward integrated joint modules that combine motor, gearbox, sensors, and drive electronics into compact units.
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Companies are pushing semi-automated and Fully automated solutions to address Ergonomics among many other challenges like Efficiency, SKU proliferation, Labor Challenges etc.
Reachy 2: The Open-Source Humanoid Robot Redefining Human-Machine Interaction
Invited by the organizers, the team presented Reachy 1 for the semi-finals, and the version successfully passed the tests. However, to hope to win the final, it became necessary to improve the robot's capabilities in terms of robustness and payload.
Linear Actuators vs Rotary Actuators: The Core Choice for Humanoid Robot Joints
The robot joint module is the core hardware of humanoid robots, currently mainly divided into two major categories: rotary and linear. In humanoid robot designs, the choice often involves trade-offs based on the application scenario and manufacturing cost.
Game Changer in Logistics
Key work steps are being taken over by intelligent logistics robots, such as automatic storage and retrieval machines and driverless transport systems. To work efficiently and reliably around the clock, these robots need flexible and particularly compact drive solutions.
Multi-axis motion control drives pipe-based robots
Surveying and maintaining underground pipes can be complex and resource intensive. To streamline the process, construction and facility management teams are increasingly turning to robots that can provide inspection as well as repair.
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Understanding Torque and Speed in Electric Motors
The higher the torque, the greater the ability to rotate heavy objects, overcome tough resistance or to transport objects vertically. Applications which rely on high torque can include hoists and cranes, as well as industrial mixing machines.
Why this wheel drive is getting so much attention from design engineers
To simplify the development of AGVs and AMRs, ElectroCraft offers a unique, integrated wheel drive platform, which provides increased performance and reliability at an affordable price compared to traditional motor/gearbox/wheel combinations.
Robots speeding up material handling
With omnidirectional movement and smart docking with virtually any warehouse cart in under 20 seconds, these new robots are making material handling faster and safer.
At least 60 million strokes
A "compact automation" is a mechatronic system that performs a whole series of consecutive production steps autonomously. "Compact" refers to the small dimensions, in the millimeter and centimeter range, of the products to be processed.
FAULHABER MICROMO in Clearwater, Florida - Progress as a driving force
What began with an idea and the founding of a company over 60 years ago is now a company that offers and sells high-performance FAULHABER drive systems throughout the North American market.
The rise of modular robots and the importance of drive train design
As part of an in-house robot build, optimizing the drive train that powers and controls each joint is vital to the robot's performance. The most effective way of achieving this is by developing the drive train as a complete module.
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