Nice $8200 Arm...
Who says you gotta spend over $10K to get a nice robot arm? ![:) :)](https://forums.parallax.com/resources/emoji/smile.png)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/R12-Articulated-5-Axis-Industrial-Robot-Arm-System-MFSR-7840-00-NEW-SYSTEM-/110788448171?pt=BI_Robotics&hash=item19cb818fab
It moves very nicely in the video, and all those red LEDs certainly add a high-tech touch of eleganza:
I'll have to pass on this purchase, but I must admit the unusual form factor (high rise central post) has merit over the more conventional low central posts as used in the Armatron & OWI arm kits. I'm building an arm right now and may consider switching to this layout if it expands the work envelope.
Good designers borrow. Great designers steal!
![:) :)](https://forums.parallax.com/resources/emoji/smile.png)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/R12-Articulated-5-Axis-Industrial-Robot-Arm-System-MFSR-7840-00-NEW-SYSTEM-/110788448171?pt=BI_Robotics&hash=item19cb818fab
It moves very nicely in the video, and all those red LEDs certainly add a high-tech touch of eleganza:
I'll have to pass on this purchase, but I must admit the unusual form factor (high rise central post) has merit over the more conventional low central posts as used in the Armatron & OWI arm kits. I'm building an arm right now and may consider switching to this layout if it expands the work envelope.
Good designers borrow. Great designers steal!
Comments
That might be the problem with my robot arm; not enough LEDs.
Your vague recollection is correct.
I haven't done anything with it lately. My intention was to use to place vials on a balance but I also wanted it to place cuvettes (test tubes) in a spectometer so I was going to suspend it from an over-head rail. I've since abandoned the rail idea because it would block light from the nearby window. I think I'll probably use a flatbed omniwheel robot as a base so it can move from place to place on the lab table.
This project has kind of moved to a back burner since I don't have to weigh as many vials now as I did a year ago. Of course since this was all work related those $$ Dynamixels were tax deductable.
It's a nice arm, though. These things are typically really made for high-ed robotics classes (the price is decent for that), though I imagine they could be used for an industrial application given the appropriate environment. People can train on these, without too much risk of having their heads and other body parts lopped off, as is the case with full-scale industrial arms of the type used in automobile manufacturing.
-- Gordon