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A project log for YARRM - 7-DOF Low-Cost Robot Arm

Yet Another Robot aRM - where I develop a low-cost compliant robot arm with a 1meter reach, 1KG payload.

jonathan-lussierJonathan Lussier 03/15/2016 at 04:122 Comments

After assembling the first, then the second arm, I am really getting tired of tapping all those threads manually in the plastic. I am thinking of just using heat-inset tapped inserts but it would be another thing to buy for everybody. Also bolting the motors and joints take too much time (especially with nylock nuts). Any suggestions for making things easier?

Here are pictures of the two together.


Already so many parts need some redesigns, I'll be updating the STLs on Github hopefully before the weekend.

What feature do you want to see in the robots? Any suggestions for the next post?

Discussions

Jonathan Lussier wrote 03/15/2016 at 18:32 point

The stuff missing for an initial proof of concept is getting the base NEMA34 standoffs machined and the pulleys made...

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Moritz Walter wrote 03/15/2016 at 16:34 point

Holy! That escalated quickly! Awesome work!

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