[hackpgh-discuss] Re: opposite of a flex sensor
- From: jeff kramer <jeffkramr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:25:00 -0500
Depending on your integration, you could also use air muscles.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Ed Paradis <legomaniac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The "problems" with muscle/nitinol wire are that it:
> 1) doesn't move much
> 2) doesn't work with electricity per se; it works by heating (you run
> electric current through it to heat it)
> 3) it is asymmetric: you can heat it quickly to make it contract, but
> you just have to wait for it to cool. This means you have to use pairs
> (like real muscles) and deal with some mechanical compliance issues.
>
> Just a heads up. These might not be something that interfere with
> your project. I've never found it to be suitable for anything I've
> wanted to do, but I know a lot of people have used it before.
>
> Benefits include the muscle wire itself being very light weight and small.
>
> Ed
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Logan Stack <logan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ed: I started my quest looking at more mechanical means like you suggested...
>
>
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