Title: Design a mechanical system, using the principles of simple machines.
Course: Industrial Robotics Technology (21009) > Section: Understanding Simple Machines and Mechanisms

Design should include applying the design process by

- addressing the engineering challenge
- determining the characteristics needed in the mechanical system (e.g., travel speed, distance, range of motion)
- combining simple machines
- solving problems, using the concepts of mechanics
- evaluating the system’s ability to meet the challenge.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can a gear train provide required output speed? Torque?
- How is mechanical advantage calculated?
- What is a four-bar linkage, and how would it be used?
- How can circular motion be converted to linear motion, or vice versa?
- What is direct kinematics, and what is inverse kinematics?