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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/22/2008 11:09:56 PM · #1

I just got it configured. Made it do a simple trick tonight. I can't wait to take this baby to school tomorrow and get the 6th graders using it. They will have a blast!

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

10/22/2008 11:18:51 PM · #2

I was expecting to see you use it to pick up your camera and take a picture. lol

BeeCee

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

10/22/2008 11:41:45 PM · #3

I was expecting Steve Austin!

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

10/22/2008 11:48:29 PM · #4

Originally posted by BeeCee:

I was expecting Steve Austin!

I was expecting Jaime Sommers!

Message edited by author 2008-10-22 23:49:00.

BeeCee

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

10/22/2008 11:49:39 PM · #5

Lol, isn't that called hitting below the belt?

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

10/23/2008 12:07:26 AM · #6

Put them both together and you have a fine looking robot!

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

10/23/2008 01:04:06 AM · #7

Cool. What's the programming language look like?

Man_Called_Horse

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

10/23/2008 01:36:53 AM · #8

Can it take pictures?

Can it change a lens?

Can it serve beer?

BeeCee

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

10/23/2008 01:41:57 AM · #9

Originally posted by Jason_Cross:

Put them both together and you have a fine looking robot!

Maybe they'd produce something like this?

(Btw, though not Steve Austin, your arm is very cooool :D )

Message edited by author 2008-10-23 01:42:37.

crayon

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

10/23/2008 03:34:26 AM · #10

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you have been identified as one of the key persons for giving birth to Skynet.
you.will.be.terminated.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/23/2008 08:45:00 AM · #11

Originally posted by nshapiro:

Cool. What's the programming language look like?

Basically you can hand code it by making a database-like table in excel marking each point with a series of numbered coordinates, or the gui interface allows you to simply move it, record the points, and move to the next one. Very simple. Now that I see how this stuff works I am going to design and build my own bigger/better model. I just need to finish up my school, and maybe summer of next year I will build a photo taking robot arm.

Telehubbie

Canon EOS-40D

10/23/2008 09:13:04 AM · #12

Pretty cool! Looks like a blast. Kind of like a souped-up Radioshack Armatron that I always wanted as a kid.

10/23/2008 10:00:27 AM · #13

I remember that thing! This is a very simple arm, half a dozen servos make it run. The next one I build is going to expand on this. I would like a swivel arm, and some sensors so that it can determine on its own where the blocks are that need to be picked up. But again, I will have to have more time in order to make that happen.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

10/23/2008 10:17:23 AM · #14

Watching the vid, I see that it would be pretty easy to reprogram so that it would rotate the blocks 1/4 turn toward the arm at the top. Rotate down at the wrist for the pickup, then rotate up at the wrist to stack them back up. Color tape on the blocks would show the rotation nicely.
That's a very cool project.

10/23/2008 11:05:22 AM · #15

It is really easy. In fact it is so easy, the 6th graders can do it. They are going to hopefully really do some cool things with some of the robot projects I have set up for the rest of the year.