Elementary Robotics
The basic properties of robots can developed by studying planar serial chains. Select this link for my notes on elementary robotics: http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/McCarthyNotes-5.pdf
Entries by Prof. McCarthy
CMU’s Introduction to Mechanisms
Yi Zhang, Susan Finger and Stephannie Behrens have prepared an on-line introduction to mechanisms consisting of eight chapters and almost 100 figures. Access it at the link: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rapidproto/mechanisms/tablecontents.html
Four-bar linkage analysis: Slider-crank
The slider-crank is an important mechanism with a wide range of applications. Here are my notes on its kinematic analysis. http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/McCarthyNotes-3.pdf
Four-bar linkage analysis: 4R quadrilateral
The four-bar linkage is a basic machine component. It comes in two primary forms the 4R quadridlateral and the slider-crank. Here are my notes for the analysis of the 4R quadrilateral. http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/McCarthyNotes-2.pdf
DC motor torque and power
A copy of my notes on DC motor torque and power can be downloaded at the link: http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/McCarthyNotes-1.pdf
DC motor basics
The basic principles of DC motors are presented by Joe Wolfe of the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) at the link: http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/electricmotors.html Northwestern University (Chicago, Illinois) presents the basics of a DC motor in the Wiki page: http://hades.mech.northwestern.edu/index.php/Brushed_DC_Motor_Theory
Mechanical Properties of Steel
The MatWeb site provides detailed information about materials such as the tensile strength of various compositions of steel. For example the search “low carbon steel” results in the list of links to information: http://www.matweb.com/search/QuickText.aspx?SearchText=low%20carbon%20steel
Unified Numbering System for Materials
There are a variety of numbering systems for materials such as steel. The unified numbering system (UNS) uses a letter to designate a material category followed by five numbers constructed from the existing materials designations to coordinate all of these numbering systems. The unified numbering system (UNS) is described in Wikipedia at the link: Unified […]
Koenigsegg door system
The doors of the Koenigsegg CCX open using the “dihedral synchro-helix door actuation” system. You can see this movement on the video
Material Properties Charts
Cambridge University provides a useful overview of materials properties such as the chart below. The tutorial can be accessed at the link: http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/125/now/mfs/tutorial/non_IE/charts.html