Robotic Arm Moving Cassette Tapes Between Piles (Lynx 6)

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I decided, after a very long time of doing nothing with my robotic arm, to make a program for it. It's nothing too fancy when I think about it (it did only take today and yesterday to make), but I was excited when I finally saw it working. =D By the way, the arm's a Lynx 6. Check out the great LynxMotion.com for more info. It can also move the wrist up and down (although I didn't use it much here), and rotate the wrist (which I didn't use at all here). I made the program in VB6. Blog entry (you can comment here too, if you like)... http://robbi-985.homeip.net:8000/blog/?p=10 EDIT: Since it's such a small program and people can learn from it, I'm releasing a ZIP of the VB6 project files (source code) for the program. Here's the link: http://robbi-985.homeip.net:8000/hosted_programs/Lynx6_Cassettes_standalone.zip

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: February 4, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Author: SomethingUnreal

Length: 0:06:17
Rating: 4.90
Views: 3,696

Tags: robot arm cassette tape pile programming sort stack visual basic vb6 lynx

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KabakaLion (Wednesday 15th of October 2008 01:15:29 PM)
Hahaha! That was hilarious to watch. Nice work; I loved it. I've actually been considering purchasing one of these for the last, oh, five or six years. Too expensive for my liking/bank account, though. Careful with those servos, though. I've killed a few with jerky movements like that. Sudden stops and starts tend to be rough on them. Although these are a little beefier, and I'm sure you know better anyway. :-D
NickInTimeFilms (Friday 20th of June 2008 02:17:13 PM)
It's all right there in the Description. I'm lazy. Well off to work then! Great job!
NickInTimeFilms (Friday 20th of June 2008 02:14:20 PM)
Very nice! I'm trying to build a motorized joint so I can build a simple mechanical arm. Did you Build this on your own or with a kit? I'll look around.
DevotedAnimeSharer (Thursday 20th of March 2008 04:20:35 AM)
Macintosh's need programs like these! XD Haha thats pretty neato.
addeson (Wednesday 27th of February 2008 09:46:28 AM)
u make this look so easy! :o
loliko88 (Tuesday 19th of February 2008 01:10:51 AM)
I feel bad for robot for inhumane treatment by its human master...
SomethingUnreal (Wednesday 27th of February 2008 10:23:40 AM)
Yes... I honestly don't treat it like that most of the time. =/ ... Why do I get the feeling that people don't believe me?
KukiShu (Monday 18th of February 2008 08:59:37 AM)
hehe we programmed one of those for a school project. It swaped CD's and operated an CD player. The whole thing was connected to a website where you could write a program for it to play your number. There was also a cam and sound stream on the web to see it all happen :)
SomethingUnreal (Monday 18th of February 2008 09:03:15 AM)
Sounds like I need to get programming, then. :P I've already made a few programs with VB6 which you control via CGI on a web page (you can see them if you check my site), but I've yet to combine it with my robotic arm...
EgiRaZoRZ (Sunday 17th of February 2008 09:05:20 PM)
HOLY SH!T!!!