This video details the process I went through to design the newest version of Jugglebot's hand. The hand is now made from compliant mechanisms and was quite fun and interesting to design.
This video covers what you need to know in order to design and make your own compliant mechanisms using a CAD program like Solidworks.
** Links to things mentioned in the video **
Compliant Mechanism Lecture Series by John Hopkins
• Compliant Mechanisms L...
As always, I hope you found this video interesting!
00:00 Intro
00:18 Problems with the Old Hand Design
03:08 The Solution? Compliant Mechanisms!
05:00 How to Design a Compliant Mechanism
07:55 Checking for Undesirable Compliance
10:12 Checking "Cup" Modeshapes
11:08 Designing the Compliant Sliders
12:07 Putting it all Together
13:30 Final Remarks
14:00 Oops...