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David Ng is now offering a servo operated robotic hand and arm
This hand/arm is operated by 13
high torque servos as follows:
- 4 fingers - 1 DOF each (1 servo - open/close )
- 1 thumb - 2 DOF (2 servos - open/close & side to side)
- Fingers - 1 DOF (1 servo - spreading/closing )
- Wrist - 1 DOF (1 servo - rotation)
- Forearm - 1 DOF (1 servo - rotation)
- Elbow - 1 DOF (1 servo - bend/straighten)
- Upper arm - 1 DOF (1 servo - rotation)
- Shoulder - 2 DOF (2 servos - raise/lower arm & swing forward/back)
- Kit includes 2 Mini-SSC servo controllers.
New pictures August 2010
Here is a movie of the hand/arm in action.
(old movie)
New movie
showing BOTH arms in action. (7 MB file)
Additional details:
High torque servo motors are used to produce the actions.
Controlled by: Mini-SSC servo controllers
The Mini-SSC is produced by Scott Edwards of Arizona and
will control up to 8 servos at a time.
Two Mini-SSC controllers
will be included with each kit. Please visit his site for
more info on his
controller board.
http://www.seetron.com/ssc.htm
Connection to the computer:
Cables are provided to connect each Mini-SSC to a serial port
on your computer.
Software:
The VSA servo controller software package from
Brookshire Software
is included in the price. This is version 4.0
and is supplied on a CD. This software allows you
to set up a sequence of actions (as
long as you want) for up to 64 servos and
to associate a wave
file with each one. You can play the
resulting sequence once or many times or repeatedly.
Please visit
http://www.brookshiresoftware.com/
for more information of this package.
Size:
The arm is basically life-sized. Weight is about 10 pounds.
Customization offered:
The customer can specify the arm length
from
wrist to elbow and
from
elbow to shoulder.
New Pricing for David Ng's
Arms
1 hand-arm =
New improved version only $4500
2 hand-arms = $4000
each
3 hand-arms = $3800
each
4 hand-arms = $3500
each
If you wish to purchase one or more arms, please
email me and we can arrange
for you to pay by check which will save us 2.5%.
This
kit will be shipped from Vancouver, BC. Please contact us for
shipping charges.
Comments? Email me at crwillis@androidworld.com
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