Hey, newbie here! I'm working on a lightweight, simple exoskeleton that decreases both impact forces and required energy when performing strikes for use in reducing muscle strain and injury in martial arts. If I can only reduce impact forces that's fine, but ideally I would like to supplement the user's own energy with stored electrical energy.
My question is this: is there a good place to look up mechanisms and gearboxes for performing simple tasks? Specifically, I want to take existing rotation and increase the torque of that rotation as it occurs without losing speed by adding energy to the system via servo. I would use Google, and have tried, but I'm so new that I don't even know what question to ask. I know somebody smarter than me has figured this all out, but how do I figure out what they did to solve the problem? Thanks so much!
Jenna
My question is this: is there a good place to look up mechanisms and gearboxes for performing simple tasks? Specifically, I want to take existing rotation and increase the torque of that rotation as it occurs without losing speed by adding energy to the system via servo. I would use Google, and have tried, but I'm so new that I don't even know what question to ask. I know somebody smarter than me has figured this all out, but how do I figure out what they did to solve the problem? Thanks so much!
Jenna