Delta Robot with Arduino & Wii
@ July 23, 2010
Cost to build:
$50
Time to build:
12 hours
URL to more information:
- Actuators / output devices: 3 servos
- CPU: Arduino
- Power source: 5V adapter
- Programming language: Arduino
- Sensors / input devices: Wii Nunchuck
An enhancement of another delta robot published on this site: http://letsmakerobots.com/node/10577. See my blog for more details, but the enhancements are:
- proper XYZ axis positioning: the Arduino calculates the full inverse kinematics of the Delta
- control using Wii. Pitch is Z axis, joystick is XY
- all source available at pastebin: http://pastebin.com/Kfq2WR5U
I used components from Conrad listed in the comments to the other post http://letsmakerobots.com/node/10577. The arms are milled in a CNC router, and the base is lasered at a Fablab, all 4mm MDF. Sadly I lost the design somewhere.
@ Sat, 2010-07-24 22:47
The Pinout
Could you please post the pinout or schematic for the entire project???
P.S. Great Post!! More documentation would make it even better!
@ Fri, 2010-07-23 15:10
So.. next thing; Make a game
So.. next thing; Make a game out of it! :D
(I know I would, cool work!)
@ Fri, 2010-07-23 14:33
Very good!most I've seen a
Very good!
most I've seen a very noisy, and the servos shake a lot, good job, going to make a pick and place thing, or did it just for doing it?
@ Fri, 2010-07-23 17:17
I did it just for doing.
I did it just for doing. Maybe I'm going to scale up and put a router on it, as a delta-cnc robot...
@ Fri, 2010-07-23 14:09
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As is said here
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/10577.
I have no words to express my impression ,please if you can make a walktrought in order to other members make something simmilar to this (including me).
Great work.
@ Fri, 2010-07-23 17:24
I think the design is pretty
I think the design is pretty straightforward. You need some stuff: 3 servos, 6 bars, 12 ball joints and some wood for the arms. See the other post for part numbers for the Conrad store. Wire the servos to pin 10,11,12 and the nunchuck to SDA (green) and SCL (yellow). Upload the program, it should work. Just start and I'm pretty sure you'll work it out!
@ Fri, 2010-07-23 20:08
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ball joints are too expensive 2,95 euro the two pcs .!!!
can i find those anywhere else cheaper ?
e-bay for example.???
@ Sat, 2010-07-24 11:58
Try these ball joints at
Try these ball joints at conrad: screw = 3 mm, ball = 2mm, 5 pieces for 4 euro: product code = 223425 - 89
@ Sat, 2010-07-24 11:27
Conrad is quite expensive
Conrad is quite expensive indeed. I remember paying 1.95 per 2, maybe I'm wrong... You can try scaling up and making the joints by hand? You'll need to make a joint for 2 axis, which is a little hard though.
@ Sat, 2010-07-24 11:46
how ?
how im going to do such a thing?