OpenTorque Actuator

Basics

• An Open Source Rotary Actuator developed by Gabrael Levine
• Uses a BLDC , 3D Printed Parts, and some other parts like bearings etc

Potential Future Modificiations

• Modify the plastic parts/gears via better plastics ( Polycarbonate vs Nylon vs ABS etc), or replace them with metal perhaps (need to see added weight vs strength and all that.
• Make an integrated ODrive pcb (adapt the Odrive to a ring/circular plate, not a rectangle, most likely after development of odrive first)
• See the off the shelf options reviewed by Skyentific , and This full dissasembly of one of them

Internal Links

• ODrive
• Quasi-Direct-Drive

External Links

• The Hackaday Page on this Project
• The Github Page on this Project
• A Build of the Actuator by Skyentific
• The Test/Review Video Folowing the other video on this project by Skyentific