Delta bot
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Hallo everybody, this is my first LMR entry (not the first robot I build)
I made this delta robot over the weekend.
About two week ago i saw a video of an industrial delta robot and i was intrigued by the simplicity of the principle but the complexity of the movements it could make.
So i thought, I'm gonna make one.
So i bought three servos some ball joints and some aluminum strip.
The metal base plate I had laying around. Just as some some nuts and bolts.
I used an arduino i took out of another robot i build (i will post that one here two)
I programmed the arduino so it reads serial data, and I made a mouse interface that sends the serial data.
And in actually turned out to be as simple as I thought it to be.
But now I have a delta bot I should do something with it.
I'm not quite sure what.
I had the idea to make more of these and use them as lags for a two, four or six legged robot.
It will work well I think, but it's a bit expansive to make six of these.
Delta bot and it's interface

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Delta Bot





@ Thu, 2012-05-17 07:37
Hello
Or could you please tell me how did u make the mouse interface to control the robot?I will be grateful.
@ Tue, 2012-05-15 07:32
Help please
Hello.Could u please give me a msn id,yahoo messenger id to talk with you.I really need help with my robot.Please.I will explain on chat what is about.Hope u understand me.Thanks.Have a great day.
@ Fri, 2011-07-15 05:44
ferrofluid?
have you ever seen ferrofluid i was thinking if you made some and put it on a stand over your delta bot with a magnet ontop of the bot and use ur phone to control the ferrofluid that would be really cool
@ Tue, 2010-09-28 00:26
My delta robot controlled via iPhone
Hi guys! At the end I have realized my own delta robot. I controll it via iPhone accelerometer. I also have implemented inverse kinematics. As soon as possible I will pubblish some implementation details. Here is my parallel robot on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCG3QVIlqsI
Best, Filippo
@ Mon, 2010-08-23 01:13
Control via iPhone
Hi guys! I would like to manage this delta robot via iphone. I found a way to control arduino via iphone. You can see an example in this link:
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=152
Could someone help me to modify processing code to communicate with TouchOSC? I think I could use a XY pads? Is it possible?
Please help me. Thanks a lot, Filippo
@ Mon, 2010-08-23 02:07
draft
I have written a draft. Could someone check it please? Ufortunely I haven't an iphone for testing. Anyway someone could check my new processing code. Basically I have changed just some rows. Here my code:
import oscP5.*; // Load OSC P5 library
import netP5.*; // Load net P5 library
import processing.serial.*;
OscP5 oscP5;// Set oscP5 as OSC connection
Serial myPort; // The serial port:
int servo1 = 0;
int servo2 = 0;
int servo3 = 0;
int serialBegin = 255;
float X,Y
void setup() {
size(600,600);
myPort = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[1], 115200);
frameRate(100);
noCursor();
}
void oscEvent(OscMessage theOscMessage) { // This runs whenever there is a new OSC message
String addr = theOscMessage.addrPattern(); // Creates a string out of the OSC message
// if(addr.indexOf("/1/toggle") !=-1){ // Filters out any toggle buttons
X=theOscMessage.get(0).floatValue();
Y=theOscMessage.get(1).floatValue();
}
}
void draw() {
background(255);
triangle(width/2, height, 0, 200, width, 200);
servo1 = 100-int(dist(width/2,0,X,Y)/6);
servo2 = 100-int(dist(0,height,X,Y)/6);
servo3 = 100-int(dist(width,height,X,Y)/6);
strokeWeight(3);
line(300,200,X,Y);
line(150,400,X,Y);
line(450,400,X,Y);
println("X "+X);
println("Y "+Y);
if (servo1 < 0){
servo1=0;
}
if (servo2 <0){
servo2=0;
}
if (servo3 <0){
servo3=0;
}
if (mousePressed && (mouseButton == LEFT)) {
servo1 -= 20;
servo2 -= 20;
servo3 -= 20;
}
if (mousePressed && (mouseButton == RIGHT)) {
servo1 += 40;
servo2 += 40;
servo3 += 40;
}
//println("servo1 "+servo1);
//println("servo2 "+servo2);
//println("servo3 "+servo3);
//Serial.write
myPort.write(255);
//delay(10);
myPort.write(servo1+30);
//delay(10);
myPort.write(254);
//delay(10);
myPort.write(servo2+30);
//delay(10);
myPort.write(253);
//delay(10);
myPort.write(servo3+30);
//delay(10);
}
@ Thu, 2010-08-19 17:14
Dimensions and some more details
Fantastic job! Could you please tell us some more details? For exaple PushRods length and basament disposition. Where can I buy PushRods like this?
thanks a lot to all of you.
@ Fri, 2010-07-23 12:02
Enhancing your project
Thanks for posting your bot, it inspired me to copy and enhance... See my blog post at http://prutsers.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/delta-robot-using-wii-and-arduino/
The enhancements are:
- control using a Wii Nunchuck
- proper XYZ positioning, full inverse kinematics
- standalone, all calculations done on Arduino
Thanks again, have fun!
@ Fri, 2010-07-23 13:07
....
I have no word to express my impresion,i just want to say i want to make one .
@ Wed, 2010-06-16 20:03
servos?
Can you tell me which servos did you use in this delta robot?