About openlab: A fully documented, model robotics lab with everything you need to perform real engineering, research and development.
It's a collection of tools, processes, and even CAD designs for building a great robotics lab. The focus is for hands-on designers & researchers of mechatronics, often giving way to robotics.
Note from David: I'll document several assets from the setup of our SCUTTLE Robotics development lab for others to get ideas & methods to enhance their labs around the world.
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More opensource designs:
Project Link Purpose OpenAir qr.net/openairproject take control of air, pressure, & flow with open elements OpenArm qr.net/openarmproject revolutionize robotic arms, a 10-year goal OpenBox qr.net/openboxproject array of open designs beginning with a steel box OpenGrow qr.net/opengrowproject open designs for hydroponics & aquaponics systems OpenJar qr.net/openjarproject array of designs for standard jars, threads, & seals OpenLab qr.net/openlabproject build a laboratory to design & fabricate anything. openME qr.net/openmeproject about david malawey, engineer & entrepreneur OpenSpin qr.net/openspinproject array of designs based on parametric bearings SCUTTLE_Nigeria qr.net/scuttleafrica university-level robotics lab in Lagos, Nigeria
The lab supports engineering, prototypig, & maker-grade fabrication.
- woodwork: primarily for building fixtures
- metalwork: several processes for metal fab, without CNC machines
- 3D printing: all my best practices for 3D printing prototypes, even those suited for scaling
- paint & polish: make things the way they should look
- repo - repository, usually hosted by GitHub, where digital documentation is stored.
- OSH - open source hardware (used broadly as a term, but we dont see consistent meanings.)
- OTS - off the shelf (parts sold at retail distributors)
- OEM - original equipment manufacturer, or referring to parts offered by OEMs.
- OEM Brand - a major business that offers a flagship product & may have several "knockoff" brands competing
- NG - no good, a condition equivalent to "needs improvement" and convenient for charts, from Toyota
- eval - evaluation, the parts of design that relate to testing, measuring, and development of targets. eval can be part of a research stage in a project and also part of the development stage.
- PRL - project readiness level, a rating system similar to NASA's TRL (technology-readiness-levels) term we are beginning to use for describing a prototype by establishing an expected type of outcome.
I'll try to include many links for products we have actually purchased to put into use. It's your job to understand if you can make a better selection for yourself, or if you wish to get a perfect match so that you can follow along a process I've documented in videos, etc.