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Engineering guides, tutorials, and posts.

How-tos for mechatronic design, step-throughs inside Mekka Design, and build-in-public notes from the team.

Guides

guide · 8 min

How to pick a reduction ratio, output torque, and mounting flange for your robot joint.

tutorial · 10 min

A 10-minute walkthrough of authoring a parametric mounting bracket from scratch.

tutorial · 20 min

How to derive a URDF from your Mekka Design assembly and bring it into Gazebo.

post · 2 min

A short note on what we publish here, and why.

post · 5 min

The case for an open-source mechatronic design environment — and how the commercial side funds it.