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Mecha Design: SPD Tech Library, machine elements, gear, bearing, robot mechanics

Servolink: servolink.com - gears, plus on-line drive design

Suppliers:

---- materials+metals: Onlinemetals, MetalSupermarket, Micromark

--- parts: ASAP Source, Century Spring, Machinist Materials, Online Metals, Small Parts, Vulcan Springs, battlebot list

--- gears & bearings: Allied Devices, American Science, Boston Gear, Dyna-Veyor, McMaster-Carr, PIC Design, Pitsco, QBC, Reid Tool, Rexnord, Servolink, Seitz, Stock Drive, WMBerg

--- belt drives: Dyna-veyor, Norco, Stock Drive

--- ball bearings: XTM [1] [2], VXB

--- tools: Micromark, tools.ontheweb, Toolhawk, toolstoolstools, Zonatool

--- linear actuators: Motion Tech, consumer.Direct, Redrock, C&H.Sales, ProductFinder, MovingMagnet, Exlar, Fasco, Ballscrews, SCT, Ultramotion, Hiwinmikro, Italy, Samurai/Katana, Zaber

--- micro actuators: Firgelli

--- construction sets: Merkur

Lubricants: general, silicon grease, white lithium grease

Machine Design mag: machinedesign.com - search on "robotics".

Milling Machines: Brute, Camtronics, Flashcut, Harbor Freight, Grizzly, Maxnc, Micromark, MSC, Sherline [1] [2], Taigtools, Unimat, training, PicoCNC, TurboCNC

Machine Shops (for prototyping): Hobbyist Workshop Net, eMachineShop

Forums on metalworking, etc: google, yahoo [1] [2] [3] [4]

Laser Cutting (plastics, etc): google [1] [2], Filener, Ohio.Laser, Pololu, Tesko, Crow, DCWaterjet [non-laser cutting], Rutherford

Misc: machine tools intro, mini-lathes [1] [2] [3], CNC.Zone, CNC-routers

<| Motor Systems

Manufacturers: Globe, Johnson, Maxon, Merkle-Korff, Micromo [design assistant], Minimotor, MPS, Namiki, Nicco, Pittman, Portescap

Tamiya: tamiyausa.com - also Tamiya twin-motor, Tamiya sport tires [1] [2], Educational [1] [2] [3] [4], 4WD, Udisco, Barkingside

SMMA - Small Motors & Motion Assoc: smma.org

Motor Control: general info [start here], Motor Tech Corner, tank mods, Leang, Motion Control mag, Motors 1, References, [3], Microchip

PID Control: U.Mich, Bellevue, C.Cellar article, ControlEng [tutorials], Embedded article, Encoder article, ABRobotics, George II, PID info

Inverse kinematics: learnabout

H-Bridges: theory [1] [2] [3], MOSFET [1] [2] [3] [4] [5], Macmanis [1] [2] [3] [4], Bipolar [1] [2] [3] [4], TC4424, LMD18200, Omnirel, RobotPower

Motor Controller chips: STM [1] [2], National, Rohm, Zetex, Sensitron

Motor Wiring: 4QD [1] [2] [main capacitor], Free-Ed [lesson 10, 15], Indus.Tech, dc.motors, R/C

EMI Suppression: catching diodes, auto, mitigation, murata notes, fans

Encoder-less speed monitoring: black

Misc: directional transmission, advanced actuators, cordless screwdriver drive, Nerds-in-Control, gearmotor sizing

Suppliers:

--- motors: Danaher, EVParts, Jameco, MicroRC, NPCRobotics [1] [2], ResourcesUnltd, RobotCombat, TeamDelta, TechMax, TowerHobbies [spares], specs of Graupner/Mabuchi,

--- surplus motors: All.Elec, C&HSales, Herbach, Marketworks, Sciplus, Surpluscenter, SurplusSales, surplus

--- small gearmotors: ComoDrills, Conrad, Herbach, Hobbyengineering, HVWTech, Imagesco, Solarbotics [small Mabuchi gearmotors], Robotzone, Tamiya, TechMax

--- motor controllers: OSMC [1] [2] [3], RobotCombat, RobotSolutions

--- ESC - electronic speed controllers: theory, RC-Hydros, Vantec, 4QD, Novak, Mtroniks, XTM, AX2500, S.Rooster, comparisons

--- electric bikes: survey [lev], Toprun, EMB, Electro-drive, Nycewheels, Electroride, DX-Kit, Electricscooter, DOE, Electraride, WaveCrest

--- drive trains: kadtronix

Motor drive tutorial: ece.cmu.edu

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Pneumatics: actuators

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