Robotic Arm Kit
- Grades: 7–12+
- Number of Students: 1-2
- Number of Lessons: NA
- Hours of Content: NA (self-paced)
- Additional Resources: Book Errata and Kit
Highlights:
This kit and accompanying book will guide you through three different robotic arm builds that you'll control using an Arduino. Starting with the basics you'll learn about each part and how to control them through simple skillbuilder projects.
Next we'll add servos to add degrees of motion for increasingly complex movements. Makers will also learn inverse kinematics for 2D and 3D movement, a mathematical process that enables robots to move, lift, and draw with more precision than humans!
This is not a book and kit for hardcore engineers, but a guide for makers, teachers, and students, with no previous experience required. All manufacturing and code files are available HERE and a computer is required to program the Arduino.
Make no mistake, this 3-in-1 robotic arm kit is all business with 3DoF! (3 Degrees of Freedom; yaw, pitch and roll)
Curriculum or Lesson Topics:
Explore the Three Builds!
- The two link is by far the simplest, and while it may look unimpressive, it's two link design can make it the perfect starting point for designing mechanisms such as the arms of an animatronic or humanoid robot, the legs of a quadruped or even hexapod robot.
- Then increasing in complexity, the four link robot adds in additional rigidity and accuracy. This increase in complexity makes this particular design perfect for applications that require more accuracy, such as a pick and place robot, a drawing robot, even something like a chess playing robot.
- Finally, the last design is your first three dimensional robot and is a great general-purpose robot that allows for manipulating any sort of objects you need in 3D space, perfect for a desktop, or even as a gripper mounted on a rolling robot.
What’s Included:
- Arduino and programming cable (1)
● Half-Size Breadboard (1)
● 5V 2A power supply (1)
● Barrel jack adapter (1)
● Jumper wires (23)*
● Micro screwdriver (1)
● MG995 servos (4)
● MG90s micro servo (1)
● Servo Mounting Brackets (4)
● Servo Extension Wires (3)
● Rotary Encoder Module (1)
● Joystick Module (1)
● 10K Potentiometers (2)
● Push-buttons (4)
● M2 x 10 mm bolts (2)*
● M2 Nuts (2)*
● M3 x 10 mm (mf) standoffs (4)
● M3 x 25 mm (ff) standoff (1)
● M3 x 30 mm (ff) standoffs (4)
● M3 x 50 mm (ff) standoffs (2)
● M3 x 3 mm spacer (1)
● M3 x 5 mm spacers (3)
● M3 x 5 mm bolts (16)*
● M3 x 10 mm bolts (45)*
● M3 x 16 mm bolts (2)*
● M3 x 20 mm bolts (3)*
● M3 Lock Nuts (26)*
● M4 x 10 mm bolt (1)*
● M4 Lock Nut (1)*
● 8mm bearings (6)
● 16mm bearings (2)
- Laser-cut Top & Bottom Etched MDF Plates (2)
- Laser-cut Robotic Arm Acrylic Parts Pack:
- Two Link Robot (Servo Link)
- Two Link Robot (Servo Base Link)
- Four Link Robot (Servo Base Link)
- Four Link Robot (Arm Links)
- 3 DOF Robot Base (Servo Bottom Plate)
- 3 DOF Robot Base (Servo Side Panels)
- 3 DOF Robot Link 2 (Side Extension)
- 3 DOF Robot Link 3 (Part 1 Servo Side)
- 3 DOF Robot Link 3 (Part 2 Bearing Side)
- 3 DOF Robot Gripper Base
- 3 DOF Robot Gripper Parts:
- Gripper Cog Components
- Slanted Finger Pieces
- Straight Finger Pieces
Technology Requirements/Specifications:
- A computer is required to program the Arduino
