Chess playing robot gantry crane design

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I am planning on making a gantry crane chess playing robot made of wood and i will be using a psu 5v power supply i have got the 123d motor controller board done i am trying to recreate Patrick mccabe’s chess playing robot link to his Chess Robot V1
he has made a version 2 on his website Patrick mccabe makes but i am sticking with version one i doing some things different though like the gripper and the motors. i will keep up to date on my account

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Hello @Dante_Anderlich,

That’s awesome, thanks for sharing!

I know it is a completely different type of “chess robot” but I thought you could be interested in this project:

Good luck :slight_smile:

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thanks ill try and keep you updated

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so here’s an update i got my wood and my servos and motors all ready i am working on connecting my psu 5v power supply to my motor driver board and the ic socket board I will probably start building either tomorrow or Saturday on the gantry crane and attaching the motors and next week on the servo motor gripper instead of 1 servo it will be 3 i will not be using a gearbox motor just a regular 5v hobby dc motor and some line sensors.

here are the links to all the supply’s
Bing line sensors

Amazon.com: HONJIE IC Dip Socket Double Row 20pins IC Socket Assortment 2.54mm Pitch IC Socket Adapter Black Color-25Pcs … : Industrial & Scientific ic socket

Midwest Products 5305 Plywood Sheet 1 Beige | eBay wood

https://www.amazon.ca/Gikfun-Motor-Electric-Arduino-EK1291x10C/dp/B06WLL6QM5/ref=asc_df_B06WLL6QM5?tag=bingshopdesk-20&linkCode=df0&hva dc motors

https://www.amazon.ca/Miuzei-Motors-Helicopter-Airplane-Control/dp/B07Z16DWGW/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?keywords=servos&qid=1651187686&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGl servos

keep in mind i had some of these already laying around so wasn’t as expensive for building this bot.

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Continuing the discussion from Chess playing robot gantry crane design:

so i have completed the gantry crane frame i have to make a few touches to it though. i have also been working on the circuit and the design on fritzing i will send you the photos and links to my fritzing project and the photos on the chess playing robot and circuit in real life. i will work on the servo connections after school. here’s what’s been done

-motor driver board
-gantry crane frame
-motor connections
-psu power supply connections

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Sorry I haven’t posted lately I injured my foot really badly I couldn’t really walk but here’s what I got done before I have one more touch up on the hardware of the gantry design I have some photos I’ll share them later. I got all the wiring done including the servos and line sensors I just need to work on writing my own chew playing robot engine gui and the arduino code I will use processing 4 and alolt something like that my foot will be healed in a week after that I can bring it all together stay tuned.

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Oh, sorry to hear that. I hope it heals quickly.

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hey guys sorry i havent updated in a awhile everything is done just orderd a few parts for the robot so waiting on those once i get them thyen i will make another update on the completion i give it another 1 or 2 weeks before everything is done stay tuned.

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Hi, along with all the contents and parts lists who have studied and prepared so far, you can take a look at this too: Smart Chess Board - Share Project - PCBWay

This may help in some parts of your project.

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hey thanks for the helkp saved me some time i was thinking about building my own smart chess board but what youyve presented will help thanks so much
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