Feeding The Fire by Robot
It might seem a little bit counterintuitive, but one of the more carbon-neutral ways of heating one’s home is by burning wood. Since the carbon for the trees came out …read more Continue reading Feeding The Fire by Robot
Category Archives: robotic arm
Gesture-Controlled Robot Arm Is A Nifty Educational Build
Traditionally, robot arms have been controlled either by joysticks, buttons, or very carefully programmed routines. However, for [Narongporn Laosrisin’s] homebrew build, they decided to go with gesture control instead. The …read more Continue reading Gesture-Controlled Robot Arm Is A Nifty Educational Build
Robot 3D Prints Giant Metal Parts with Induction Heat
While our desktop machines are largely limited to various types of plastic, 3D printing in other materials offers unique benefits. For example, printing with concrete makes it possible to quickly …read more Continue reading Robot 3D Prints Giant Metal Parts with Induction Heat
Rolling Sphere Robotic Arm Seems Serpentine
Hinge joints are usually the simplest to use for robotic applications, but if you want motion that looks more organic, rolling joint (or rolling contact) mechanisms are worth a look. …read more Continue reading Rolling Sphere Robotic Arm Seems Serpentine
Robotic Hand Uses Old CD-ROM Parts
Robotic arms and actuators are compelling things to watch, and as popular among the maker set as they are crucial to modern industry. [kthod2000] built a design of their own, …read more Continue reading Robotic Hand Uses Old CD-ROM Parts
Servo Surgery Teaches Us DIY Encoder Implants
Today, we shall talk about how [Adam Bäckström] took a DS3225 servo and rebuilt it to improve its accuracy, then built a high-precision robot arm with those modified servos to …read more Continue reading Servo Surgery Teaches Us DIY Encoder Implants
Dummy The Robot Arm Is Not So Dumb
[Zhihui Jun] is a name you’re going to want to remember because this Chinese maker has created quite probably one of the most complete open-source robot arms (video in Chinese …read more Continue reading Dummy The Robot Arm Is Not So Dumb
Automating Mobile Games With A Robot Arm
My Singing Monsters is one of those mobile titles that has users play simple games to earn coins and gems in the usual way. [Anykey] found that his son was …read more Continue reading Automating Mobile Games With A Robot Arm
Robot Arm Adds Freedom to 3D Printer
3D printers are an excellent tool to have on hand, largely because they can print other tools and parts rapidly without needing to have them machined or custom-ordered. 3D printers …read more Continue reading Robot Arm Adds Freedom to 3D Printer
A High Torque 3D Printed Harmonic Drive
Actuators that are powerful, accurate, compact, and cheap are like unicorns. They don’t exist. Yet this is what [3DprintedLife] needed for a robotic camera arm, so he developed a custom …read more Continue reading A High Torque 3D Printed Harmonic Drive