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Originally Posted by LauraN
There IS a book called "Robot Building for Dummies," and there's also an entire series (Robot DNA Series) dedicated to the subject, with one entire book called "Building Robot Drive Trains." I'm not sure if it has much info on gearboxes specifically, but it does have lots of info about which motors to use and how to mount them. (My copy was recently ordered and is now in the mail.  ) |
I have both
Building Robot Drive Trains and
Programming Robot Controllers from the Robot DNA series, and I have to say, they're both awesome. My copy of the former isn't right next to me, but it contains information on everything from basic gear design and fundamentals, to DC electric motor designs, to relative / absolute position encoders, to how you can (with a screwdriver and a saw) modify a standard hobby servo to act as a motor (detail about how to remove the hardstop and disconnect the potentiometer, if I recall correctly). Anyway, I highly recommend these books.
Also, as a text reference, I think you should look into a book from Stock Drive Products (
SDP-SI) entitled
Design and Application of Small Standardized Components. You can order it for free from SDP's website, and I think it's a great little resource. Don't let the name mislead you, it contains information about topics from gear design, to gear train design, to how to heat treat steel, to effeciently and effectively machining materials, to, well, a lot of other great stuff. Did I mention it's free? I did? Well, it's still free. They'll ship it to you with every single one of their catalogs for less than a dime ($0, in fact).
I love these books.