[Dprglist] Motus Labs Dallas

[David]

Karim,

As those folks the same as these:

https://genesisrobotics.com/

as referenced here:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/robotics-hardware/startup-says-directdrive-motors-are-the-future-of-robot-actuators

cheers

David


On 4/5/21 6:41 PM, Karim Virani wrote:
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> So my team tried to get in touch with Motus after looking at their 
> public info and they pushed us off until after the new year, but they 
> aren't responding at all now. However their drive still looks 
> interesting. Harmonic (strain wave) drives and cycloidal drives seem 
> to be what Motus is competing against.
>
> So I've been exploring the ins and outs of these kinds of "gearboxes" 
> as I continue my forlorn quest for high reduction, back driveable, 
> hollow shaft (pass through wiring) and affordable joint drives.  I 
> thought I'd just share a few links:
>
> The clearest explanation of harmonic drives I found:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QidXf9pFYo&ab_channel=JetpackAcademy 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QidXf9pFYo&ab_channel=JetpackAcademy>
>
> A lot of folks are looking at 3D printed versions more tuned to hobbysts
> https://hackaday.io/project/165599-compact-strain-wave-gear-actuators 
> <https://hackaday.io/project/165599-compact-strain-wave-gear-actuators>
>
> Levi Janssen has done a series of vids on both cycloidals and harmonics
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGI-4dHYz9U&ab_channel=LeviJanssen 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGI-4dHYz9U&ab_channel=LeviJanssen>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMK6P9xvVFU&ab_channel=LeviJanssen 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMK6P9xvVFU&ab_channel=LeviJanssen>
>
> James Bruton experiments with cycloidals
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEOpl880KM&ab_channel=JamesBruton 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEOpl880KM&ab_channel=JamesBruton>
>
>
> Have fun bingeing,
>
> Karim
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 7:25 PM Karim Virani <pondersome64 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:pondersome64 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     David,
>
>     I'd not heard of them before but that drive looks interesting. My
>     team has reached out to Motus and they want to meet with us in
>     February. They say they are a bit busy at the moment.
>
>     On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 12:19 AM David Anderson via DPRGlist
>     <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
>
>         Anyone know anything about these guys?
>
>         https://www.therobotreport.com/motus-labs-launches-ml1000-series-gearless-drives/
>         <https://www.therobotreport.com/motus-labs-launches-ml1000-series-gearless-drives/>
>
>         dpa
>
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