Engineering Tutorials
Introduction
In the Mechanics section we're going to learn how to model a Hexapod robot in order to derive it's kinematic model, for later control, in some electronic board. Meanwhile important concepts will be learned like Inverse/forward kinematics, DH parameters. After we got our hexapod modeled in SolidWorks, we're going to export it to SimMechanics, in Matlab. From there we're going to generate our embedded control code.
This robot can be purchased at http://www.lynxmotion.com/ and other related tutorials in the SimMechanics http://www.matlab.com
Modeling each peace in SolidWorks (http://www.solidworks.com/)
What is Mechanics Engineering (Text from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering)
Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that was developed from the application of principles from physics and materials science. Mechanical engineering involves the analysis, design,manufacturing, and maintenance of various systems. It is one of the oldest and broadest engineering disciplines.
The field requires a solid understanding of core concepts including mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, materials science, and energy. Mechanical engineers use the core principles as well as other knowledge in the field to design and analyze manufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, heating and cooling systems, motor vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, robotics, medical devices and more.
What is a Hexapod
Our Hexapod is a small robot used to train our engineering skills learned from previous tutorials, in our case it will be based on the "Phoenix Hexapod" (http://www.lynxmotion.com/).