SOLID Learning – Servo Robot Actuator Selected!
Educators and pariticpants have selected Servos as the standard actuator for SOLID Learning pilot robot designs, based on functionality, familiarity, cost and ease of use. Continue reading
SOLID Learning Robot – Solid State Actuators
“ANALYSIS: Solid State Actuators provide the most exotic but costly type of actuator, best suited to very small deflections and operations in hostile environments such as vacuum.” Continue reading
SOLID Learning Robot – Linear Actuators
“ANALYSIS: Linear actuators provide powerful one-dimensional movement, best suited to high-precision and high-force requirements when other alternatives will not suffice.” Continue reading
SOLID Learning Robot – Servos
“ANALYSIS: Servos provide a flexible option, easily controlled in large numbers using digital electronics. They are best suited to mobile lightweight robotic designs where the rigid outer shell can be incorporated as a structural element of the robot.” Continue reading
SOLID Learning Robot – Stepper Motors
“ANALYSIS: Stepper motors provide an expensive option that is very precise but power-hungry even when idle. Steper motors are best suited to fixed robotic designs requring incremental repeatable control over a large span.” Continue reading
SOLID Learning Robot – DC Motors
“ANALYSIS: DC motors provide an inexpensive option for elementary robotics lacking the need for precision or fine control.” Continue reading
#SciFund Challenge Round 2 PathTags
Several researchers in Round 2 of the #SciFund Challenge selected a custom PathTag as a durable token to reflect their participation in this event. Continue reading
Solar Seaweed
Solar Seaweed is a combination of flexible photovoltaic solar panels and piezoelectric films that will be anchored to the seabed or configured to float atop the water’s surface. Solar Seaweed moves with the ocean’s waves and harvests sunlight just as its plant cousins do – producing power without any harmful emissions or byproducts. Continue reading
SOLID Learning Robot Components
SOLID Learning integrates 3D printed objects into educational settings and the pilot will need electronics, sensors and motors to turn 3D printed frames into movable useful robots. I will examine different components this week and link each here for review. Continue reading
Virtual Magnetic Monopole
In order to investigate the interactive properties, an experimental apparatus is needed to create a virtual magnetic monopole (having only North or South values) within its volume. Continue reading
