I am on a student placement and have inherited a lynx 6 arm from the student that was here before me but was only successful in building it.
My boss wants me to devise a series of movements which displays the robot moving and possibly moving bricks etc spelling the company name ( as I have seen this demo run on the website).
Seeing as I have no idea of how the robot functions I wondered if someone could point me in the right direction of step by step guides, or even downloadable programmes which will enable me to get this sorted ideally by the end of the month.
The idea of the robot is to be located within a safe locked area and will power down when the guard rail is opened thus showing primarily how our safe locking device works. The robots itself is there to demonstrate our safety product, but as we have it I wanted to do something else with it.
Sorry for the length of this but I’m in serious need of basic advice as I’m a stylist by trade so have naff all techy know how.
Thanks in advance you guys, anything you can do to help is greatly appreciated.
First off - what type of electronics did your arm come with? This will dictate what is needed (if anything) in the way of additional hardware and will also dictate what controlling software needs to be created.
Any shortfall in hardware would have to be remedied by you. The software control could be quickly accomlished by members here - to include myself.
It is connected to the computer not a problem and I can run demo movements through it and is powered by a regulated bench power supply with the correct power setting.
As far as I am aware it hasn’t been calibrated correctly as the movements are jerky.
When running the 1.5mS to calibrate it doesn’t maintain it’s starting position do i have to physically manipulate the arm to create its start postiiton?
Please excuse my lack of knowledge in this field. Let me know if I can aid your diagnosis further
It sounds like the SSC-32 is resetting, which is usually a power issue. The SSC-32 has lots of powering options. For the most reliable operation you should connect a 9vdc battery to the VL input, red is + and black is -. Connect 6vdc to the VS1 terminal. Important! remove the VS1=VL jumper. Then it should be more stable. Good luck with it.
There’s a heaping of tutorials on arm control on the main LM site.
Aside from that, I’d really suggest getting RIOS.
It’s a great program, especially for learning how to use IK.
I think I have this already, is it the easy use programme that enables you to manipulate the ARM from your computor, using the directional buttons etc.
