Carbon Fiber

We offer you carbon fiber is a relatively new material to robotics. However, it has already become a very important material, making new robots possible that were not possible before.
Strength
carbon fiber has a very high strength to weight ratio, meaning that for another material of the same weight, it is likely to be much stronger. But carbon fiber is a fibrous material, meaning that the fibers are all aligned in a single direction. This can affect strength if used improperly.
Because the fibers are aligned, carbon fiber has different strength amounts - depending on the direction that force is applied at. For example, rope is very strong if you pull, but very weak if you push. Carbon fiber is very strong in both compression and tension, but is much weaker in bending (force from the side). It is like trying to break a stick - breaking it at the center is much easier than by pulling it from the sides. So when using carbon fiber, make sure all force is only applied longitudinally.