uArmⅠ is a small Palletizing Robot refer to ABB PalletPack IRB 460. You can also use it as a robot arm and make a development of it to make more interesting applications.
Recently, I have done the first version of this open source robot arm, driving by Arduino, 4 DOF, 4 Servo motors. Here is a test video of it.
We have made the second version of uArmⅠ. In this version, you can change the head of the arm, so the fourth servo on the head of the arm can face down and forward by different install ways. A special robot gripper is in designing. See more details below.
On the other hand, there are also two ways to install the head to the robot arm. One is to face down and the other is to face forward. The following picture shows the parts for different install ways.
After a few days of improvement work, we have made some new designs of the robot arm. Make some changes of the structure to make the arm stable. Add a small gripper and the new sucker holder. Then we decide to try some other materials to make the robot arm. So we got a laser cut Basswood one.
The second version of the robot arm is quite stable now. Here is a stacking test by using the gripper. More applications and test videos will be updated soon.
We made the first load test of the robot arm by using the Vacuum Gripper Suction Cup. It can lift a 330ml Coca Cola and move it to another place. More applications and test videos with the Vacuum Gripper Suction Cup will be updated soon.
Very nice. Maybe you could attach a suction mechanism for pick and place components for the home. I would be very interested in something like this as I am hand placing small components. Shouldn’t to hard to implement, just need a smaller suction cup.
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Very nice. Maybe you could attach a suction mechanism for pick and place components for the home. I would be very interested in something like this as I am hand placing small components. Shouldn’t to hard to implement, just need a smaller suction cup.
Yes, we have different kinds of suction cup for different application scenarios.