I was looking into getting a Lynx6. But after looking at the Servo Erector sets i was wondering if there is(or will be) any robot arm kits available using the Servo Erector system ?
Servo Erector sets look very interesting as they can be used in other robot projects as well. But it would be very helpful if i could order a robot arm kit instead of having to figure out every seperate component.
Thanks
We will be offering many combo kits based on the Servo Erector Set parts. The product line is still relatively new. It was designed and all of the example robots were constructed in 2005. We are adding several new brackets in the first quarter of 2006, along with the combo kits. In the meantime if you go to the Servo Erector Set page and click on “What Can I Build”, you will see a list of robots we have built. Each robot has links that will provide more information. For robots with assembly guides there is a list of the brackets used at the top. This can be used to purchase the brackets needed to build the robot. Hope this helps…
a great deal, thanks!
Does this mean that eventually Lynxmotion will discontinue the non-servo erector based robots ?
We will continue to produce the Lexan based kits as long as there is a demand for them. I don’t see them going away any time soon. 
Just ordered all the parts for a Servo Erector-based robot arm, including a SSC-32
Hope i didn’t miss any other crucial parts 
hmm, i might be missing some kind of base to mount the arm on ? 
Yes! Finally! I can ask my parents for a kit instead of some random servo erector pieces. Also, (this is refering to the combo kits and individual pieces), will there be a price break because we are basicaly buying a bunch of servo erector pieces. This could incourage large scale projects if there was “buy more, save more” deal.
Is there a target date for when the erector set robot arm kit(s) will be available? The reason that I am asking is that it is much easier to order a single item through our departmental business office than to order a long list of items. If it will be available soon, I will wait. If it will be a while before it is available, I will order parts. I’m looking to buy something like the Lynx 6 but made out of the erector set parts. (I already have two Lynx 6.)
Thanks.
I appreciate your position. We do plan to make several kits based on the SES, but I am not making any promises as to when this will happen.
Will there be kits with the pieces to build multiple robots?
For instance, take an arm kit, a 3DOF quadrapod kit, and a 2DOF hexapod kit and drop all the duplicated pieces so that someone could build any one of those robots.
Some fun variations would be possible as well. A 2DOF quadrapod with a 4DOF arm. Whee!
Please don’t take offense, I’m just throwing this out there for you guys to chew on…
Let’s face it, Jim’s not an octopus.
That being said, would you rather that he spend his time organizing everything, or would you rather that he spend his time inventing new toys for us?
There are a lot of ways to figure out what pieces that you need.
The best way is to simply read all of the construction instructions on the Servo Erector Set pages.
True, it’s a bit tedious, but, after looking at all of those brackets for a while, you’ll be able to build them in your head.
After that, deciding what you need is a breeze.
(Think of K’nex… when you first got them, you had no clue what you’d need, or what you could make, but after a bit, it becomes second nature.)
The second option is to use Solidworks to manipulate the 3D CAD files of the brackets.
This is probably the better (but more expensive) way.
I’m not saying that there shouldn’t be kits… but expecting a kit for every building idea is like expecting Lego to come out with a package of Legos for every model that they create.
The third method is to ask someone (or the whole forum) what pieces you’ll need.
We’re all only too happy to help.
And soon (hopefully by the end of the month), I’ll have an early beta of the RCK released, and you can build them in 3d and play around a bit. For more info on that, view the thread in the erector set forum. Long ways to go, but it will be there eventually.
As Nick said, it isn’t that difficult to figure out which parts you need. They are listed in the assembly guides. The other thing is- what if you want to make modifications to the kit? For example, I used the long C brackets instead of the regular ones for the legs on my hexapod. In kit form, I might not be able to do that. Ordering piece by piece gives you flexibility, and that is what the erector set is all about.
Mike
