MechSense Encoder (IMAGE)
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MIT researchers created a system that enables makers to incorporate sensors directly into rotational mechanisms with only one pass in a 3D printer. This gives rotational mechanisms like the gears inside a motor the ability to sense their angular position, rotation speed, and direction of rotation.
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Image courtesy of Marwa AlAlawi, Stefanie Mueller, et. al
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