http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/ Engadget Comments for How-To: Design a robotic hand - a vector art CNC tutorial http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/Apr 28th 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/
http://www.shopbottools.com]]>May 28th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/Dec 16th 2006 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/Dec 16th 2006 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/
Must have sucked making stuff back before we had 3d cad programs, ahh the joys of living in the 21st century :)]]>Dec 16th 2006 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/
b) It lacks the ability to make the vulcan salute.]]>Dec 16th 2006 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/I still feel your pain on the vulcan part, though.]]>Dec 16th 2006 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/Dec 17th 2006 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/Dec 17th 2006 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/
Funny story dedicated to "..." about living in the 21st century. A few years ago I had a brief job working for a company that made radome dishes for radar installations (like for the FAA, their biggest customer). They designed and manufactured these hugs ceramic polygons (mostly triangles) right there and shipped them out to be installed on site. I was going to build out their network, since they didn't have one. At all. 103 people, 60 odd PC's ranging from 8088's to a couple 486's for the big wigs. My office was among the engineers. They had gotten a $20K+ DEC AlphaStation w/AutoCAD package w/21" monitor (huge and rare at the time). I was almost drooling over it. My boss said it never got used. The engineers refused to try to learn AutoCAD. They were much happier with their T-squares and drafting tables. Having had 2 classes of drafting in high school and having tried to learn AutoCAD myself...... I'd say I'd have to agree with them to some extent. Since they did everything from from the design to the manufacturing phase right there in-house, it's not like nowadays where companies research in California, design in London, engineer in NY, then send the final manufacturing plans to China for fabrication. All of which would make large rolled up canisters of plans difficult.

To be honest I enjoyed drafting and would probably take a class in it as an elective if I ever get off my butt and go for my degree. I've recently gotten into woodworking and I'd honestly rather draw out my ideas on my drafting table than trying to figure out AutoCAD. Although I know if I actually put in the time to learn it, and maybe got a Wacom tablet or something, that I'd probably love it...

Just saying, it really wasn't that bad back in the stone age of drafting. ;)]]>Dec 18th 2006 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/Dec 19th 2006 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/Dec 20th 2006 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/]]>May 13th 2007 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/Jul 27th 2007 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/
If you want to see a concept of the piece I am working on check out this short flash video...
http://www.mediaboot.com/armon_video.swf]]>Sep 1st 2007 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/
Thanks

P/.S. I built one it does look good i want to use it on a robot i am making]]>Nov 9th 2008 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/16/how-to-design-a-robotic-hand-a-vector-art-cnc-tutorial/It reminds me of some videos I made. Designing a Stomp Pad for a Snowboard. Getting the design in, CAD, CAM and then cutting it out on a CNC Plasma Cutter.

Here is the link if you are interested:
http://www.cncinformation.com/CNCBlog/

Then the videos are on the left.

Good work,
Ivan Irons
http://www.cncinformation.com]]>Dec 1st 2007 11:34AM