• Update and goals setting

    AdityaPrakash23 • 03/23/2021 at 17:13 • 0 comments

    So.....I have been studying about Jacobian matrix for the past few days. I haven't completely understood it and will be checking out more videos to understand the concept a little better. After studying it, I felt like I wanted to write an Octave script. So I will do that once my concepts on the topic are clear. I will also apply it to the Mayfeld Kinematics equations that I have built up till date. Also I had forgotten about the IK script. So I have started on it and updated an initial script with the FK matrices in it. I will eventually update it with the IK calculations(symbolic) too very soon. Also the progress on the 3D printed robot arm has been slow. I decided on using an UNO finally as my previous options were too much hassle. So with the correct hardware in hand I have started work on figuring out the servo motor working. I hopefully will soon start with a FK Arduino sketch to run on the platform very soon. But I first have to do the FK calculations very methodically and correctly too. I hope the achieve the 3 targets set here for myself at the earliest.

  • A slight detour

    AdityaPrakash23 • 03/09/2021 at 08:05 • 0 comments

    Hello! It's been a longtime. Due to various reasons, my studies kept getting stalled. Finally I have resumed again. So along with my studies resuming I have decided to work on a different robot arm. I am doing this because I felt I needed a physical bot in front of me to test out my understanding. So bought the cheapest 3D printed robot arm kit and assembled it up. Now, I plan on controlling it using a Pyboard v1.1 that I had lying around. I will need to learn Micropython for that(which I intended to do eventually). So for now, I will be shifting from octave to Micropython. It will take some time to figure out the electronics and programming, but I am really eager to try out what I learn on it. Here is what I will be using.(The Digispark is my backup if I get frustrated by Micropython, which I am pretty sure will not be the case).

    I know it is a detour, but I will definitely use my learnings here towards the blaster pack.

  • Wrist center position

    AdityaPrakash23 • 02/16/2021 at 11:12 • 0 comments

    Finally! I managed to write an initial script for wrist center position calculation based on Inverse Kinematics Geometric approach. The script has been updated to the Github repo. The wrist center calculation is considered similar to a RRP Spherical case. The case is quite simple since not theta1 is required and theta2 and d3 values will depend when a practical case with some back measurements are done. This is an initial script with most definitely some big errors. So I will be work on it later to correct it.

  • Update on Inv.Kin.

    AdityaPrakash23 • 02/01/2021 at 17:24 • 0 comments

    Hello There!

    I have started resumed my studies on Inverse Kinematics. I am updating the Github page with Octave code and will eventually present my Inverse Kinematics calculations for the robot. The first 3 joints will have a spherical RRP inspired Inverse Kinematics solution. I will do the calculations very soon and will update them here.

  • 2021's 1st log!

    AdityaPrakash23 • 01/05/2021 at 12:11 • 0 comments

    Yay! 2021's here! But our troubles aren't gone yet. And so isn't my journey towards building my own (and 1st) Star Wars prop. And haven't been able to do any update and also I am stuck at the inverse kinematics. I have gone through it a little bit, but I do realize it's going to be tricky not difficult. Well I am going to share the updated DH diagram(again!) and some more Forward kinematics calculations. I have also linked my Github repo with my Octave code for this very project. I will try my best to study everyday, do some coding, update my Github repo(which I hope to build up overtime) and update this project with periodic project logs. For the people who have followed this project, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised that anyone would follow this project so thanks for motivating me with ur follows. Hopefully at the end of this journey I will be posting a triumphant pic of myself and my blaster pack. Thanks and good luck for 2021!

  • Update of F.K.

    AdityaPrakash23 • 12/14/2020 at 10:46 • 0 comments

    I was thinking of someway to add the link length a2 to the calculations. Figured out that I could just shift the link2 coordinate frame back to joint 2. This is the update in the diagram.

    And I also noticed the joint values being numbered wrong. Did that correction.

    Now I feel satisfied. Next is Inverse Kinematics!

  • 2nd(hopefully final) Attempt

    AdityaPrakash23 • 12/13/2020 at 13:31 • 0 comments

    I went through the forward kinematics lectures again(seriously, I have some confidence issue with my learning). So after going through it and making sure I didn't get anything wrong. This is what I got

    And my DH Table


    I feel this is correct. I will go with this in Octave and proceed forward. If anything goes wrong,then this will be an issue point that I might have to revisit.

  • 1st attempt at Frwd. Kinematics

    AdityaPrakash23 • 12/10/2020 at 08:39 • 0 comments

    I struggled to do the forward kinematics on the v2 design. Here is a photo of it.


    Will try to do a better job than this.....

  • Initial Designs

    AdityaPrakash23 • 12/10/2020 at 08:37 • 0 comments

    After deciding to do this robot and looking up on internet, the actual design seems to be quite simple. There is already a video on youtube for that by a great prop builder. But for my study purpose, I decided to unnecessarily complicate this. So here is my 1st designs.


    And the 2nd design

    PS, I am an Electronics graduate, so my designing sucks.

    So I think for now I will go ahead with the 2nd design. Despite it being complicated, there is many things that can be done with this design.