AR4-MK3 6 AXIS ROBOT ARM KIT - the DIY 6 DOF robot / Arduino control & Python program interface

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3 ай бұрын

The AR4 6 axis robot arm uses an Arduino based controller and Python interface. This 6DOF arm is widely used in educational - STEM programs, industrial tasks, business startups, filming and videography applications as well as the hobby community and robot enthusiasts.
You can download all the 3D print files, software, manuals and source code for free here: www.anninrobotics.com/downloads
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You can email me with any questions about the project here: info@anninrobotics.com
The factory direct motors package is available from Stepperonline here: www.omc-stepperonline.com/upg...

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@planckstudios 3 ай бұрын

Dude, this is a beautiful accomplishment. Your focus on software and usability is great for everyone. The vid deserves some notations when you're showing motion that was sped up in post. Can see some is real time footage in there. Congrats!

@ferriswhitehouse1476 3 ай бұрын

I'm always so excited when I see you've posted a new update. Thanks for continuing your effort with the robot. Watching you work through examples with the software is super helpful as well.

@patonkyle 3 ай бұрын

An open source product designed for the end user. Great work and thank you!

@bano99 3 ай бұрын

Hey Chris, great update, thank you for constant improvements! Awesome work!

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@MatchaMakesThings 3 ай бұрын

I'm looking to make my own designed robot, and this is such a wealth of information and helpful ideas for what to include.

@roberteckersley7834 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant love the com port update I can see this being very helpful. Thank you Chris

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@atntaltd 3 ай бұрын

@@anninrobotics amazing , really appreciate your effort

@sriag24 3 ай бұрын

Chris you're amazing! Great update and awesome demo. You're making robotics accessible! Thank you for your hard work!!

@atntaltd 3 ай бұрын

super comprehensive and detailed work of art

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

thank you!

@franckberniere6579 3 ай бұрын

Amazone update. I’m working since 4 months with Fanuc robots, and 2 months ago, got my TPEB certificate. Your system allows near from the same funcrions of a modern Fanuc controller. Great job, Chris. Waiting to reach my budget for an AR4, in order to feed my TC225 BROTHER (from 1991 !), that I’m retrofiting with LinuxCNC.

@jasonstatement3553 3 ай бұрын

Well done, your work will not be forgotten!

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@cnchobbyist991 3 ай бұрын

Nice update to the software!

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@swannschilling474 3 ай бұрын

Awesome...this is such a beautiful piece of work! Makes me want to build one!

@mciarlillo1309 3 ай бұрын

Okay, this is amazing and I’ll have to look into building a kit ASAP!

@latheadventures1390 3 ай бұрын

This is perfect ! i have been waiting for the if switch read for a long time, your skills are above and beyond this earth thank you so much... i can pull my ar4 out of retirement now

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@SantaDragon Ай бұрын

You're so awesome! Thx Chris.

@codeack101wlck 3 ай бұрын

ohhhhhh I'm so getting this, and attaching my welder to it I needed this yesterday

@blazelysack2385 3 ай бұрын

This is amazing. Keep going!!! 😃

@handle44 3 ай бұрын

Chris, you rock!

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@codeack101wlck 3 ай бұрын

I'm about to level up my life! this is exactly what I'm looking for

@phobosmoon4643 3 ай бұрын

holy smokes thats like a million bux, thanks homie!

@jcreyf 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff! I wish I had one!

@urban1643 3 ай бұрын

I have Great respect for you.

@kenmargolis2283 3 ай бұрын

Nice!

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@ron.h264 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for these examples of use, this is amazing work! Wondering if it is possible to connect something like this to a spreadsheet to count the parts inventory? Maybe just read/write your registers to a csv or something…

@TwitchyMofo 3 ай бұрын

Is there a teach mode where you can move the robot manually into position with your hands? With the arm semi powered so it stays were you move it to? I've seen this functionality on other desktop arms and it's incredibly useful. I'm struggling to get my AR4 exactly where I want it via the control panel.

@gabrudude3 2 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, really appreciate your dedication and efforts. Awesome work! Quick question, with current payload capacity, can AR4 handle a router bit to cut MDF or acrylic sheet?

@scottdimelow817 3 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, I've followed your project with interest for a while and I think it's incredible. Realistically do you think this could be completed if I currently have no programming experience? I do have CNC experience so making the parts would be doable 😁

@muratdogan4142 3 ай бұрын

Hello teacher, can I ask a question? What kind of interface can I use to go to any desired location on Scara robot from the computer? Kind regards.

@AckzaTV 3 ай бұрын

could this thing actually eject parts from a 3d printer bed using some sort of visual Ai detection to actually decide what part of the model it should pop off and maybe we could even start designing supports meant to be robot hand friendly

@Jaun_ 3 ай бұрын

This is a great set of updates. I am curious, what would be the best approach to have an external Python script send commands to the arm via the user interface program?

@Jaun_ 3 ай бұрын

For example I’d love to be able to do something like: from AR import MK4 M = MK4() gcode = … M.send(gcode) # or M.J4 = 30 #move Joint 4 by 30

@brockgettemeier8041 3 ай бұрын

Do you have any videos of the AR4 arm in a real world application?

@filmweaver2013 3 ай бұрын

Have been following the project for a while, a huge inspiration! brilliant work, the software and hardware and their integration is on par if not better than some commercial brand-name educational robots! Thank you for sharing this May I know what platform/programming language you used for the GUI of the software, I am building a firmware for a lab research project (it is a 3 axis robot/ gantry for material research) at my university and would love to make a simple app that people (other than me) can use it to explore and use it?

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, the GUI was programmed in Python using tkinter module.

@filmweaver2013 3 ай бұрын

@@anninrobotics Thank you, will look into it :)

@moonx02 3 ай бұрын

I been following your channel for around ~3 months now and always impressed with all the videos you put out. I was considering printing all the parts to build this, but decided to save up to the aluminum kit. Are there any coupon codes you can share with us? ;D Thanks for the great content!

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

I don't have any discounts but I'm always trying to keep the project cost as low as possible and I will continue to find ways to make it cost less. Thank you so much.

@Trainwreck1123 3 ай бұрын

Do you provide files for the machined parts, or are those only available for purchase?

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Yes the SolidWorks and step files or on the robot kits page for purchase.

@hello81642 2 ай бұрын

Can it 3d print or do CNC ?

@connormarsh6339 3 ай бұрын

Is ur UI software a LabVIEW front panel? Or is it custom software. It looks extremely similar to LabVIEW

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

It's custom software for the robot that I wrote.

@MrToromingo 3 ай бұрын

❤❤

@Yakroo108 3 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@user-lx9jm1wo3h 3 ай бұрын

Can you 3d print with it?

@perdixxion26 3 ай бұрын

❤

@uselessrobotics5383 3 ай бұрын

Hello, Do you have an API in python or maybe C++ ?

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

You can send usb serial commands to the control board. The control software I wrote exposes each cmd sent to the control board on the settings tab so you can see each cmd example

@AandHAutomationllc 3 ай бұрын

Can I request a stand alone vision software. We have a 3 axis gantry to pick and place parts for kits. I would be very helpful to have your vision system. Looks like it would do what we want.

@marcio83154 22 сағат бұрын

Voce tem o projeto do robo para fornecer porque seu trabalho e incrível

@anninrobotics 17 сағат бұрын

Thank you very much. You can find all the software and manuals at www.anninrobotics.com/

@erikhambaryan4769 3 ай бұрын

How much would it cost in total?

@mohammadetek9772 Ай бұрын

Theoretically, can I make the arm longer?

@anninrobotics Ай бұрын

Yes you could

@AndreMonthy 3 ай бұрын

Will there be an upgrade kit + guide from MK2 to MK3 because it seems the J6 motor is not available as a standalone purchase? Also, is v4.4 of software compatible with MK2?

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I'll have stepper online make a link for the motor by itself and I will also make the new housing available. Yes version 4.4 will work with the MK2 and MK1.

@AndreMonthy 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks@@anninrobotics

@MrNoipe 3 ай бұрын

do you ever plan on moving off of steppers to bldcs?

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Yes, Its something I have been looking at, just trying to find cost effective gearhead versions that fit the sizes I need.

@jetwayartisman 3 ай бұрын

Is the movements in the video accelerated or original speed of movement

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

@@jetwayartisman yes, I tried to move through each section quickly to keep it under 15min

@jetwayartisman 3 ай бұрын

@@anninrobotics just checking to see if the robot can be used for cinematic motion capture works

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

@@jetwayartisman yes Ive had several people use it for that.

@RolandP-gv2ql 3 ай бұрын

Very nice project. What is the max. load?

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. max payload is listed at 4lbs but I have lifted 5lbs with the arm not fully outstretched.

@RolandP-gv2ql 3 ай бұрын

Thank You . 1.8kg or 2.2kg ist for this small robot very pretty

@codeack101wlck 3 ай бұрын

@@anninrobotics mint!

@DuyDN4599 3 ай бұрын

What difference between ARK4-MK3 and ARK4-MK2?

@anninrobotics 3 ай бұрын

The only difference is the upgrade of the J6 motor to a higher tolerance version and the addition of some functionality to the program relative to the if then statements.

@Tjup Ай бұрын

what is the estimate cost on this project, before i start it :)

@anninrobotics Ай бұрын

Total cost is just over $1900 to build the robot, let me know if you have any other questions.

@Tjup 26 күн бұрын

@@anninrobotics i wanna build it, but im in Europe, can i buy the whole kit here?

@anninrobotics 24 күн бұрын

@@Tjup Yes I ship UPS worldwide.

@AckzaTV 3 ай бұрын

making a robot hand really shows you the limitations of a nrobot hand compared to your own hand and makes you apreciate the human hand, and makes you realize if slavery was still leghal, we would have people talking about what breed of slave is most valuable, some slaves would be worth more, certain slave families would be bred more expensive,people would be like horses, and it wouldnt have been limited to just black people, they would have started breeding all sorts of slaves of every race if they had continued allowing slavery. its crazy that they even had it at all all the way untill the 1800s like slaves took trains lol. its like i could imagine people finding ways to describe the hands of their slaves as the new upgrade . i guess cyborgs will be like slaves i mean eventually we will ask why not just have a human slave doing the work we need done.