Robotics
Season 1
Ep 3. Robot Actuators and Movement
- TV-PG
- May 29, 2015
- 33 min
Investigate robot actuators: the motors and transmissions that underlie all robotic movement. You'll learn about the early use of springs as motors in automata; how electricity spins the magnets that make motors move; how movement defines what a robot is; and different types of motors (including DC and servo motors).