This video explores different methods that can be use to amplify a force, and focuses on three types of machine - levers, ...

Pulleys use mechanical advantage, similar to levers, to lift loads. Pulleys are wheel shaped with a groove that allows a cord or chain to sit inside the groove. A single pulley changes the ...

Single pulley systems are demonstrated in cranes, lifting a bucket from a well, raising a flag or adjusting window blinds. Even though there is no actual mechanical advantage with one pulley ...

A $12 million crane capable of lifting 78 tons is the machine we utilize in this engineering Teachable Moment, using pulleys and levers to explain Mechanical Advantage. A $12 million crane capable ...

[Skyentific] has been messing with robotic joints for quite a while, and demonstrated an interesting way to use a pulley system in a robotic joint with quite a bit of mechanical advantage and zero ...