Wk8 Robot Designs and Form equals Function

For those of you doing more mechanical designs, here's a few notes on how to improve you mech designs!

A main thing about machinery is to understand it's functionality and to answer a few, very key, questions:
What it it's main function? How does it move to do that function? What is the extent of it's movement?

To answer those questions, one must understand how the joints of the machine are placed and how the paneling and think about the outer shells would either hinder or streamline it's movement.

Our suggestion on getting better at mechs and machines would be to study study study on how the joints would function and where exactly to place them. Below is a few examples on how to study and understand the range of motion as well as using what you know to create adesign.