Spent way too much time working on the robotic arm I’m building. Currently it has 8 servo motors, 3 microcomputers, pneumatics, and machine vision. The main challenges, now, are software engineering and redesigning subassemblies as I learn more. Then, I’ll take it all apart.
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My Robotic Claw Votes
Posted My Robotic Claw Votes.
Six Degrees of Freedom
Spent way too much time thinking about six degrees of freedom: X, Y, Z, pitch, yaw and roll. I feel a song coming on.
Deconstruction
Deconstructed (LEGO Technic).
LEGO Balls
Took delivery of 40 LEGO balls. They’re precisely the right size and weight for my next project, a Great Ball Contraption.
LEGO Teardown
Posted LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown.
LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown
https://youtu.be/vsbbJ0vttZU Teardown The four modules stack on top of each other. Modules Up-down motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Forward-backward motor module. Two linear actuators, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Left-right motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. EV3 computer brick. I wrote the program…… Continue reading LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown
Warehouse Picker
Posted LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vsbbJ0vttZU&feature=youtu.be
In Pursuit of a Better Design
How I spent my Sunday afternoon. I keep taking things apart in my quest for a better design. One day, some variant of all this will be one machine… or not.
Part Reduction
Eliminated parts from my current LEGO Technic project. I’m going for minimal.