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Robotic crane

Posted on 20/12/2011 by zthom
Modified on: 13/09/2018
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I made a crane from Merkur( something like Meccano). It has two motors, one with encoder. The position of the hook is sensed by the encoder and the position of the second moving part is sensed by potenciometer. It comunicates with computer via serial port. It is controlled by a gamepad.


Robotic crane

I made a crane from Merkur( something like Meccano). It has two motors, one with encoder. The position of the hook is sensed by the encoder and the position of the second moving part is sensed by potenciometer. It comunicates with computer via serial port. It is controlled by a gamepad.

  • Actuators / output devices: 2 geared motors
  • Control method: Serial RS232
  • CPU: Picaxe 20M
  • Sensors / input devices: potenciometers, encoder
  • Target environment: indoor
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