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• Designing & Testing Alternate PCB Coil Windings

  Carl Bugeja • 08/11/2021 at 15:46 • 0 comments

• How I made a €2 ACTUATOR

  Carl Bugeja • 09/22/2020 at 08:13 • 0 comments

• New FlexAR Actuator!

  Carl Bugeja • 09/18/2020 at 14:21 • 0 comments

  A few days ago, I released a new version of my flexible PCB actuator! You can now purchase it for just €2.00, the open source files are also available on my website - www.flexar.io

• How small can my Flexible PCB Actuator get?

  Carl Bugeja • 07/22/2020 at 12:34 • 1 comment

  How small can my Flexible PCB Actuator get? This is the question I tried answering in this video! I first discuss how we can get it smaller and the compromises involved. Then I measured the specifications of each prototype and tested the actuators in different applications.
  

• 0.13mm vs 0.3mm thick Flexible PCB Coils

  Carl Bugeja • 04/07/2019 at 20:14 • 0 comments

  A PCB can be considered as 'flexible' when its thickness is under 0.3mm. But how can this extra thickness effect the behavior of my flexible PCB Magnetic Actuators? 

  In the bellow test video I compared the electrical parameters of the coils and also the bending capabilities of both 0.13mm and 0.3mm thick PCBs!

• Tindie!

  Carl Bugeja • 12/03/2018 at 23:35 • 1 comment

  My Flexible PCB Actuator is finally available on tindie.com!
  

  https://www.tindie.com/products/Microbots/flexible-pcb-actuator/

• New PCB

  Carl Bugeja • 08/31/2018 at 22:06 • 0 comments

  Just received the new flexible PCB actuators! I'll be selling some of these on Tindie! I'll just have to find some time to set up my store! So far I have only selected the name Microbots

• New Single Coil PCB Actuator

  Carl Bugeja • 08/20/2018 at 22:00 • 0 comments

  Designed a new single coil Flex PCB Actuator! I'm planning to use this as a tiny flap/fin. It the same number of turns as my previous 12 coil pcb.

• SOFT ROBOTICS

  Carl Bugeja • 08/18/2018 at 14:00 • 0 comments

  This video shows the different type of soft actuator prototypes I have managed to build with my flexible PCB. These include flaps, fins and a very weak robotic muscle with a magnetic bone structure.

  It also shows a glimpse of a robotic fish prototype that I'm started working on.

• The Magnetic-Bone Structure Prototype

  Carl Bugeja • 08/13/2018 at 20:46 • 0 comments

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