Ardu Armatron

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2/19/14 - full 6-motor control
1/31/14 - Arduino Nano, DK Electronics 4 motor control board, and IR remote are all functional.
1/25/14 - End Effector Testing is done.
1/23/14 - Old toy from Radio Shack has undergone surgery.
The following six actions are moved by 6 stamp-size motors:
1. Finger open/close
2. Hand up/down
3. Hand turn CCW/CW
4. Lower arm turn CCW/CW
5. Upper arm up/down
4. Upper arm turn CCW/CW
The original 6 functions were controlled from the two joysticks.

 

 

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/ardu-armatron
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I had one of these as a kid!

I had one of these as a kid!  Played with it soo much I wore it out.  I remember taking it apart and being completely in awe at how all the mechanics of it worked.  Wish I still had it now.

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Sometimes I just wish I was

Sometimes I just wish I was able to go back before my time and see these types of things…

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All the morors are in the

All the morors are in the base? The transmission is done by that gears in the center of the base? 

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motor

this thing only has one motor.  Its all cluches and gears.

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I have one i want to convert

Can you tell us how your motors connect to the armatron controls?

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The original motor and

The original motor and joysticks with transmission gear trains were removed. They were replaced by 6 smaller motors. Each motor has a single gear meshed with the corresponding gear train leading to an axis. The motors will be connected to a motor shield of Arduino.

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