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Gripper

By mixmar

January 26, 2012
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This is the first part i made for my bot.

I Used an old RC car, or parts from it anyways.

I will use pressure sensors so it can "sense" how hard its holding things.I will also add another servo so it can spin it's hand.

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Rover 1.0

A base platform for exploration.
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Tip/walkthrough

Free Servo force sensor

Uses the servos potentiometer to detect resitance on a gripper.
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I soldered a wire to the middle pin of the potentiometer inside the servo that operates my gripper. Using an analog pin, I can tell when the Servo isn't moving. I … Read more
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Biotronic Amplifier

It extends a humans reach and amplifies their gripping strength
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The biotronic amplifier is a robotic reach extending device that can be used to handle hazardous materials or pick up objects that are out of reach. The operator … Read more
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K.L.A.S

Win penthatlons
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This is my entry for the 2011 Swedish National Robitcs Championship. It finished on a shared last place, since my code was written for dark lines on a light surface … Read more
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Forum topic

Creative and Versatile Means of Robot Gripper

By airuno2l

October 26, 2010
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BotJunkie.com posted this article of a robotic gripper constructed out of a balloon filled with coffee grounds. It is activated by sucking air in and out of the balloon. It seems to work very well.

 http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/10/26/balloon-plus-coffee-grounds-equals-versatile-robot-gripper/

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NINA's Arm

Act as a revolute coordinate arm for my Robot NINA to grasp objects (or shake hands, wave hello, etc...).
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A revolute coordinate arm I built to be mounted on my Social Machine, NINA. NINA will be a social machine designed and programmed to interact with humans and in the … Read more
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Mr. Cheese Can

Navigates around via ultrasound, makes :D :) :( :| or :P, tries to catch everything nearby with its gripper
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You can buy German Cheese in Shanghai, sealed in a nice aluminum can. Since a while I toyed already with the idea of doing sth. with these cans. Too good to throw … Read more
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GRAB-E

Wanders around and grabs your stuff
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Update 2011-10-06: Melty, melty Poor GRAB-E. His foolish creator left him in the garage for a few days after taking him home from a trip. The hot summer sun melted … Read more
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Blue Dome in progress...

It manipulates objects (test movements for now).
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Well, I'm restoring an old robot, because I'm now able to use Basic Stamps. This robot is a Parallax & DeAgostini projects which came out from newsagent's, so … Read more
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Junior

Maps enviroment, explores with arm, falls over.
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Sun 7th Dec 2008 Had a few setbacks with the old NiMh battery pack dying and the new LiPo battery packs not fitting where I hoped. Compare the old photo to the new … Read more
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gripper robot

By ccatty

August 2, 2008
hi dudes,, currently im workin on a robotic project..

TASK: robot that can lift 250gms of cube block.of dimension 10*10cm(block shd b lifted atleast 10cm height).and it should also move 2 certain distance with that load......

pls tel me wich motors would b very useful to lift dat much weight...i hav chosen DC GEARED motor....wil dat b useful
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Gripper Bot

Will be able to catch things with a grippe
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Foto Album I'm thinking in make a robot where i can make my things my way.. so i'm making it to be line follower, but to future update to gripper. Last updated … Read more
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