Update on Gramp's Arm

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• RobotWorkshop Posts: 2,307

  2011-01-11 16:56 edited 2011-01-11 16:56

  That's awesome! I hope it shows up at the UPENE this year so I can see it again. Thanks for posting the update.
  
  Robert
• Whit Posts: 4,191

  2011-01-11 18:01 edited 2011-01-11 18:01

  Thanks for posting OBC! Really cool. Is this also one of your Dad's creations?
• Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091

  2011-01-12 07:52 edited 2011-01-12 07:52

  @Whit
  
  Yes, this is the improved hand.. bigger, faster, stronger..
  Gramps would like to be able to pour a can of soda, then crush the can.
  
  OBC
• Whit Posts: 4,191

  2011-01-12 13:10 edited 2011-01-12 13:10

  Oldbitcollector wrote: »

  Gramps would like to be able to pour a can of soda, then crush the can.

  
  Won't he need a robotic forehead?
• erco Posts: 20,261

  2011-01-12 13:24 edited 2011-01-12 13:24

  Sweet! Haven't seen or heard from Gramps lately in the Forums. Now I know what he's been up to. Well done, Sir !
• Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091

  2011-01-12 14:12 edited 2011-01-12 14:12

  He's been buried in that robot lately.
  
  Got some coding issues that I'm trying to resolve for him. We're using RCTIME to gather data for the servos. I suspect that my RCTIME to servo routines aren't quite sync'd yet.
  
  OBC
• erco Posts: 20,261

  2011-01-12 14:16 edited 2011-01-12 14:16

  RCTime? Isn't that Stamp only? I thought he Propped this Bot...
• Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091

  2011-01-12 17:32 edited 2011-01-12 17:32

  Yes, there is an RCTIME object for the Propeller..
  
  OBC
• Whit Posts: 4,191

  2011-01-12 17:40 edited 2011-01-12 17:40

  The object is here http://obex.parallax.com/objects/30/ and written by Martin Hebel with some help from a few others. Pretty cool, eh?
• Humanoido Posts: 5,770

  2011-01-14 00:42 edited 2011-01-14 00:42

  You can use the PBASIC library found in the OBEX. There are actually three objects to get more of BASIC Stamp functions: BS2 Functions by Martin Hebel are here and another RCTIME by Beau is here. PAUSE is here. BS2 simplified commands by Microcontrolled are here. That's everything that I know about. Is there anything to add?
• Humanoido Posts: 5,770

  2011-01-14 00:50 edited 2011-01-14 00:50

  You can also get BASIC functions using Bean's PropBASIC and it's a compiled converted result. In another Bean project posted on the Forum, you can put 8 BASIC Stamps into a single Propeller chip, one running in each cog.
• ScribblerKart Posts: 45

  2011-01-17 08:13 edited 2011-01-17 08:13

  That's BEAST MODE! :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
• Whit Posts: 4,191

  2011-01-17 08:15 edited 2011-01-17 08:15

  To translate my son - He really likes Gramp's new design. Beast Mode is the best.
• lardom Posts: 1,659

  2011-01-17 08:30 edited 2011-01-17 08:30

  Isn't Gramps the one who posted a video where a servo mirrored the movement of a kid's elbow? He speaks french, right?
• Whit Posts: 4,191

  2011-01-17 08:42 edited 2011-01-17 08:42

  Yes, I believe that is correct...