Final robot, with alloy arm construction and foamex grippers.
Alternative design & construction
Long before we had 3D printers so widely available as today, things had to be done a little differently - more old school! There was no luxury of designing something in 3D CAD, then easily printing it out, you had to think about what materials would suit - and design around those.
Foamex board construction.
Modified 360 degree servos and R/C plane wheels.
Batteries to counter balance.
PIC based strip board circuit.
Laser cut versions
A MDF laser cut 6 Degree of freedom serially controlled robot arm.
Once I had my laser cutter installed, things went from souring parts to use - to making bespoke parts. My first robot using this approach is this robot arm. Cut from MDF as it is more compliant & lighter than acrylic.
Servo drive gripper mechanism.
Top view & custom controller PCB.
Folded compact storage mode.
Fully extended.
A quick video showing my innovative Inverse Kinematic control software.
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