Posts Tagged Gears
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Robotic Arm (DORA) Opens Doors for the Wheelchair Bound
After robotic arms and legs, comes another innovation that would surely make the lives of the physically-disabled a lot more easier. A robotic hand is made especially to open doors. Erin Rapacki, a former UMASS Lowell researcher developed a robot hand that enables the wheelchair-bound to open up ...
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Pleo: The Charming Baby DinoBot
You would love to have one! Pleo is Ugobes little dinosaur robot that may replace your pet. It is one of the many robots that adapts to its environment. Unlike other interactive robots, Pleo responds to its environment by the sense of touch. It is enabled to walk, run and waggle its tail by the ...
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What type of sensor determines what gear you are in?
curiosity123 asked: I have an 03 Pontiac Sunfire. While on vacation my check engine light came on & before heading home, I got a mechanic to check it out. He said it was a bad sensor - the one that tells the car what gear it's in. He said it would not strand me nor would I probably notice the car ...
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How do I know if sensor is bad in my transmission?
Sweetnessgalmstr asked: Ok here I go I have a 1997 Chevy Silverodo extend cab and when you accelerate it will down shift at 65- or under to 1. The truck pulls fine and we are thinking its a sensor instead of the transmission gears.How To Make A Diaper Cake ...
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Building a sumo robot. A physics question about motors, torque, and gears?
Larry W asked: The objective of the contest is raw pushing power. I have (3) duplicate electric motors at my disposal. Would I get more power from attaching all three on a single axle that is torqued up with a gear ratio? Or would it be better to have each run independently, with its own gear set...