Lynxmotion AL5D PLTW

Lynxmotion Robot Arms
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Hi sir,

I am a Ph.D student at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I have some questions about Lynxmotion AL5D PLTW :

  1. Can I control (program, edit or add codes) the robotic arm with labview or MATLAB software?
  2. Can I rotate the gripper of the robotic arm?
  3. Should I assemble the robotic arm by myself?
  4. what the differences between flow arm, flowbotics studio, RIOS, and ssc-32 servo sequencer utilitly?
  5. what the differences between [font=Helvetica, sans-serif]the[/font][

Thanks,
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We do not currently have direct support or code for using the Lynxmotion arms with LabView or Matlab. We have seen however that many people have adapted the arms to accept commands from these two programs, and the communication protocol is quite straightforward. Note that you can also potentially choose a “no electronics” version of the AL5 and instead use a Phidgets servo controller (which does have sample code for these two programs, though does not include inverse kinematics):
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This would be an upgrade and there are three wrist rotate options: light duty, medium duty and heavy duty:
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The basic arm is sold as a kit, though we do offer an assembly service (not listed online) for around $100.

Flow Arm: Basic graphical interface for the AL5 (considered an “app”).
FlowBotics: General-use graphical programming interface and is the program which generated the Flow Arm app (it also includes the Flow Arm app).
RIOS: Older arm interface software used mostly by schools. Might be legacy soon as it does not support more recent OS.
Servo Sequencer Utility: Free / basic control of individual servos (no inverse kinematics)
Note that all of these different software can only be used with the SSC-32U (not the BotBoarduino or other electronics).

BotBoarduino: Arduino-based and allows you to use the arm without a computer connection. The sample code w eprovide requires a Lynxmotion PS2 controller.
All the other versions use the SSC-32U require a computer connection

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Hi,
I bought a AL5D robotic arm. when I use the graphical interface, the robot arm works well, but the angle of the robot does not match with the angle of the graphical interface. How can I calibrate it?
Thanks,
Abbas

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To confirm, you are using FlowArm? There is a “calibrate” button within the software (click the ‘i’ button to know where and how to use it).
Your arm should have been assembled with the servos at as close to 90 degrees as you could get.

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Hi Sir,

I bought a AL5D robotic arm. When I use the graphical interface, the robotic arm works well, but the problem is the angle of the robotic arm does not match with the graphical interface (it means that the configuration of the robotic arm in graphical interface is different from the real configuration). How can I calibrate it?

Thanks,
Abbas