MagBlocks

These building blocks are the start of an educational product to teach kids or adults critical skills in designing and building robots and other cool things. The basic concept behind this is that each building block is set up with a grid inside. This grid can be filled 8 mm cube magnets, the system as a whole is based on a 10 mm gridded system and will include motors, joints, sensors or all types, platforms, struts and beams, and many more. In this Version, I will include some basic ideas and some future improvements I am working on as well as a PDF of all components and parts planned for implementation.

To print you need either a very well tuned FDM printer or, ideally, a resin printer. I found that FDM is really only suitable if it is well tuned. I will look into fine tuning the printability for FDM.

Provided is a Fusion 360 file with adjustable parameters for structure components, additionally, angles, hinges, and motor casing. Please note, certain files were imported from Inventor, I will be working on rebuilding components in Fusion 360 as well as provide STL files. I'd love to get in contact if anyone wants to help.

Components used (Currently):

8 mm - 10 mm M2 Screws
M2 Heat Inserts (4 mm Deep)
M2 Nuts
5 mm OD x 2.5 mm x 2 mm ID Bearings
8 mm Cube Magnets
12 mm OD x 3.5 mm x 8 mm ID Bearings
10 mm OD x 4 mm x 5 mm ID Bearings