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A short list of Robotic Arms.
From Educational to Industrial
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OWI-007 Robotic Arm Trainer |
USD$ 79.95 |
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What they say:
Dig deeper into robotics with the intermediate-level Robot Arm Trainer Kit.
The Robot Arm has 5 moving joints and 5 separate electric motors which provide a full range of movement.
A wired controller lets you direct the robot arm to grab, release, lift, lower, rotate wrist, and turn a full 360 degrees.
The gripper hand can pick up objects that weigh up to 5 ounces.
Includes step-by-step assembly and operation instructions and can be assembled with basic handtools.
What we say:
Toy, on and off control and no position feedback. A waste of money.
Technical Summary |
| Software and Interface Specifications |
Mechanical and Control Specifications |
| Operating System Compatability | Degrees of Freedom |
| Ms Dos (Native) | 5 |
| Software | Motion Control |
| MsBasic ? | BINARY FWD / OFF / REV |
| Interface | Positioning Determination |
| Parallel Port | None |
| Communications | Accuracy and Repeatability |
| Printer Port Relays. | On/Off timed Move, no repeatability & no accuracy |
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Lynxmotion 5 Axis Robotic Arm Kit |
USD$ 415.00 |
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What they say:
The kit includes
Electronics
Mini SSC II (Mini Serial Servo Controller). Easily control up to 8 servos from a PC, Basic Stamp, microcontroller or single board computer.
Mechanics
All the hardware and structural components to build the robot arm and gripper, base enclosure and six high quality Hitec servo motors.
Software
Floppy disk for IBM-PC with demo program. The software is written in Quick BASIC ver 4.5. It allows you the ability to move the arm via the keyboard, save positions to a script file, single step and play the scripts back, save and load the scripts to disk. The source code is included in ascii so you can modify it with any BASIC.
What we say:
Toy with RC servos, no position feedback and inaccurate.
Technical Summary |
| Software and Interface Specifications |
Mechanical and Control Specifications |
| Operating System Compatability | Degrees of Freedom |
| Windows | 3 or 5 |
| Software | Motion Control |
| Interpreted Script | Remote Control Servo (Approx 180 Degree PWM) |
| Interface | Positioning Determination |
| Serial ? | Closed loop at Servo |
| Communications | Accuracy and Repeatability |
| Serial. | No position feedback to Computer |
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SCORBOT-ER 2u |
USD$ 30000.00 |
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What they say:
The SCORBOT-ER 2u provides a state-of-the-art tool for research into robotics and control technology.
Based on a powerfull RISC 32-Bit microcontroller and a plug & play USB connection, continuous path control, exceptional working volume and high repeatability.
The robot's operational software is SCORBASE for Windows, a break through in Windows based user-friendly easy-to operate robotics software.
Number of Axes: 5 plus gripper
Construction: Vertical articulated, with covered rigid structure and roller bearing support on axes
What we say:
Industrial Grade, not bad for $30k. Normal price for a competent arm
Technical Summary |
| Software and Interface Specifications |
Mechanical and Control Specifications |
| Operating System Compatability | Degrees of Freedom |
| Ms Dos (Native) | 5 |
| Software | Motion Control |
| ? | Servo with Encoders |
| Interface | Positioning Determination |
| ? | Optical Encoder, e.g. Acroname R179-6V-ENC-MOTOR |
| Communications | Accuracy and Repeatability |
| ?. | Excellent |
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