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My latest robotic arm!

ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
edited 2010-09-18 08:08 in Robotics
This is a short little demo of the crustcrawler smart arm that has 7 ax12 digital servos being completely controlled by a parallax propeller demoboard with a ps/2 mouse attached. This uses the ax12+ dynamixel servo driver program I posted to the object exchange earlier this year. Please forgive my bad arm driving!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VFvn5B9AZc
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  • TinkersALotTinkersALot Posts: 535
    edited 2010-09-16 11:51
    cool! Nice demo.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2010-09-16 13:17
    Sweet! Looks & acts like Tony Stark's robot "Butterfingers"!
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    edited 2010-09-16 16:05
    Thanks guys. This arm was a little harder than the last one I posted as the arm joints have two servos physically tied together so they have to move in sync! The arm can and does move smoother than the video shows, that's just my jerky driving.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2010-09-17 19:49
    Dave: You have me inspired to work on one of my two robot arm projects this weekend. You & everyone will get a good belly laugh when you see it. 3 servos, 3 DOF, just a simple starter arm anyone can build quickly using one of these toy robot grippers:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TOYSMITH-ROBOT-CLAW-6130-12-/290474078526
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    edited 2010-09-17 20:29
    Hey erco you could mount that to the front of your scribbler!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2010-09-18 08:08
    Don't give the game away! :)
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