Scale agnostic mechanical design principles

• Form closure
• Self centering – more concrete: Multi V-groove self-centering
• Positive locking – more concrete: ReChain positive locking mechanism
• Design principle of passive pretension – clip connectors applied such that pretension remains
  (for strong connections clips orthogonal to load)

Tension principles:

• Tension redirection principle – more concrete: ReChain tension redirection method
• Rebar chain tensioning (tension applied only after loose pre-assembly).
  This last one builds on pretty much all the other principles here.

Related

ReMec project:

• ReChain frame systems & ReChain index & Category:ReChain
• RepRec pick-and-place robots & Category:RepRec

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Non scale agnostic:

• Design principles for crystolecular systems
• The DAPMAT demo project