Project 19

Differential Wrist

Problem
Needed a three-axis wrist for a practice robot.
Solution
Designed a differential wrist mechanism to control multiple wrist axes in a compact assembly.
Notes
Used Onshape for this project.

Assembly Views

The full assembly shows the wrist packaging, while the detail view highlights the differential gearing.

Full CAD view of the differential wrist assembly
Full assembly
Close-up CAD view of the differential wrist gearing
Gear detail