I’m looking for a robot arm for a college class that I’m taking. The professor recommended the Lynxmotion AL5 family (I might pick 814 or 843 from those). But I downloaded the assembly manual, and my hair stood on end (sorry). My background is software, and I am not especially mechanically inclined. Can anyone comment on the assembly difficulty of either the uArm Swift (Ufa-01) or the XYZRobot (Xyz-14)? Compared to each other, and, if you can, to the AL5D family?
TIA,
Mark
RobotShop now owns Lynxmotion, which created the AL5D. The arm is based on modular brackets and hardware which makes the assembly process more involved. RB-Ufa-01 is broken down only for transportation and requires minimal assembly. RB-Xyz-14 is modular like the AL5D, but the hardware (screws) are a bit more uniform, so in theory it’s a bit easier to assemble. Normally high school students have no major issues assembling the AL5D.
I’m now trying the AL5D, and given the lack of detail in your instructions, I would say the only reason WHY “high school students have no major issues” is that they have HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS available to answer every question that arises during the process. I don’t.
If there is anywhere you have issues with the assembly guide, we are at your service. We suggest using the most recent guide here:
lynxmotion.com//images/docum … ide-11.pdf
Note that this is for the PLTW version, which includes a wrist rotate which the standard arm does not.
(Note: I have all of the hardware in the PLTW kit, and more. I bought the 840 arm kit, plus the 356 vacuum gripper with wrist rotate.)
The file you recommend is clearly much improved over the ones listed on the Lynxmotion Arm Assembly Guides web page. But I still have some questions. First, in Step A7, page 10, what are the two bulges in the screws (see attached screen shot)?
Mark
Bad angle - those are actually four screws total (which you can see in the assembled image) - two in front overlap the two in back.
