Need guidance making a robotic arm that's mirrored over the internet

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Hi!

I need some guidance on what’s the easiest way to start off to get a robotic arm (effector) that mimics a corresponding similar arm (input) that communicates over the internet.

Any help / guidance appreciated. Thanks.

Sidd

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@sidd84 Welcome to the RobotShop Community. Not aware of any specific arms that have that functionality built in (transferring positions via the internet). Do you have any specific requirements for the arm itself in terms of reach, payload, accuracy etc.?

If you’re ready to code (or find people who can do some programming for you), an arm like the Lynxmotion 4DoF which is based on smart servos can act as a “master” or a “slave”:

The procedure would be:

  1. Developing code to query the angle of each servo in “master” mode
  2. Stream that position data over the Internet
  3. Re-format the angular data received as position commands for the “slave” arm
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