Gear Applications for Small Robots Competition

KHK Stock Gears are used in a wide range of applications; from high-precision machinery to hand-held devices. Not only for factory machines, gears are used and found in a large range of non-industrial applications, from automatic ticket gates at train stations, to Sushi-cooking robots, to automatic golf ball handlers at driving ranges. For mechanical engineering students, gears are commonplace and one of the most elemental design components, where gears are used for formula cars, robots in robot competition, and human-powered aircrafts.

Here are some examples, with photos, showing how small and lightweight models of KHK Stock Gears are applied.

A Compact Robot used in Robot Competitions

This robot is the champion amongst 247 competitors at the 15th Kawasaki Robot Competition.

	Applied Gears DSL Acetal Fairloc Hub Spur Gears SUSL Stainless Steel Fairloc Hub Spur Gears Used as a torque delimiter by taking advantage of slippage due to over loading or being over-powered. You can select gears based on your requirements; plastic gears for light weight and SUS gears for strength.
	Applied Gears PS·PSA Plastic Spur Gears Used in power transmission to the legs
	Applied Gears SSY Steel Thin Face Spur Gears Gears are used in power transmission to the arms.(Used when the transmission of high-loads is required) After quenching, gears become more durable to handle high loads.