PulleyDrive
What and Why
PulleyDrive is a side project exploring speed reduction/torque amplification using the principle of pulleys. This project was supported by the “ProjXpo” program under MIT Innovation Initiative.
Previous Works
This work was mainly inspired by the cable-pulley based actuation of the Ambidex robot [1]
What makes it special
- Zero Backlash
- LightWeight
- High Stiffness
- Not Expensive
Status
The following video shows a prototype in operation.
