Hi!
I’m looking for an arm to pick up stuff for me on the floor. It must be able to lift at least 15 KG and it must be able to move (wheels or tracks). Any suggestions?
Thank you so much in advance for your help!
@emilevirus Welcome to the RobotShop Community. Unfortunately none of the robotic arms currently resold via RobotShop can lift anywhere close to 15Kg. In that range you’re looking at an industrial arm, or large Cobot arm like the UR16e.
Not even the assistive robotic arm from Kinova has anywhere close to that payload capacity at just 2.6Kg.
The second issue is that given their size and reach, any object held at a distance might cause a mobile base to tip over.
it sounds like an alternative style arm might be best - perhaps a linear actuator with a gripper installed at the end, able to move vertically, or at a steep angle, and rotate. Not aware of any such robotic arms, but it would be fairly easy to create and control.
For example, mounting this at a slight angle:
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