Overview
Designed and built a small-scale cycloidal drive using Fusion 360, PLA prints, and AliExpress ball bearings. The goal is a compact, high-ratio gearbox for robotics applications without relying on off-the-shelf planetary stages.
What I did
- Modeled the cycloidal profile and housing in Fusion 360
- Printed prototypes in PLA and iterated on tolerances
- Sourced and fitted ball bearings for the eccentric cam and output stage
- Bench testing still in progress — torque and backlash measurements to come
Stack
Fusion 360 · PLA · Git