When the Armatron first came out, in 1981, robotics engineers started contacting Watanabe. “I wasn’t so much hearing from ...

Power transmission involves transferring mechanical power from one part of a system to another Gear trains change the speed, direction, or torque between shafts. The gear ratio is calculated by ...

You can buy gears off the shelf, of course, and get accurately machined parts exactly to your chosen specification. However, there’s something rugged and individualist about producing your own ...