I just found this really cool robot arm project. This is a bit off topic but I figured it’s the kind of thing many of you may be interested in. We can build most of the parts with the MPCNC.
“The AR2 robot is an open source robot project where users can build and create their own 6 axis robot. This robot can currently be 3D printed and build from low cost off the shelf components from vendors such as Amazon, McMaster Carr and Stepperonline. Users can visit the projects Github page https://github.com/Chris-Annin/AR2 to download all software and full sets of instructions for the robot, the wiring harness, electrical enclosure and the travel track. Users can download all the 3D print files to print all the components to make the AR2 robot. This project hopes to bring aluminum parts kits into production so that users have the opportunity to make their own aluminum version of the AR2 robot.”
I’ve built one of those last year: the moveo robot arm:
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2 Problems with it:
-Wasn’t powerful enough to actually lift things weighting more than 200 grams (even though I used way more powerful motors and drivers than recommended)
-No Idea what to do with it after. I tried to find it an application, but I didn’t. My idea was to use it as a remote arm to remove already printed stuff from the 3D printer and prepare it for a new print. Just was’t powerful enough…
