ABENICS: Active Ball Joint Mechanism With Three-DoF Based on Spherical Gear Meshings
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9415699
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41632469
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34160356
Incredible engineering, graphics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhDdfiRCQS4
COMMENT: the video is worth a view. Applications: robotics ...
Home-made knockoff (again: amazing graphics 😯):
https://old.reddit.com/r/functionalprint/comments/12gsp8t/i_printed_my_own_version_of_abenics_a_prototype
https://blog.ty-porter.dev/3d%20printing/mechanical%20engineering/2023/04/09/3d-printed-abenics.html
#engineering #MechanicalEngineering #design #BallJoint #MeshGears #PlanetaryGear #DoF #robotics #ActiveJoint #DIY