Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Abstract: The aim of this study is to design and fabricate a novel rotary encoder called soft pneumatic rotary encoder (SPRE) using soft pneumatic sensing chambers (SPSCs). In an SPRE, the volumetric ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

In robotics, movements must be precise and well-controlled. As robots are asked to do more as industry becomes more familiar with the technology, there will be an increasing need for high accuracy ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach of an absolute rotary and linear optical encoder codding patterns. The concept is based on the analysis of 2-D images to find a unique sequence that ...