Robotic Arms Archives

19 Nov 2022

the Sapien 6M Intelligent Robotic Arm

Sapien 6M is an intelligent robotic arm from Sarcos Robotics that can lift more than its own weight! Yes, it has a very good strength-to-weight ratio. the Sapien 6M Intelligent Robotic Arm from Sarcos Robotics Enhanced for autonomous mobile manipulation, the 44 kg/97 lb intelligent robotic arm is capable of lifting payloads up to 50 kg/110 lb. As you can see in the video below, it can lift an 80-lb dumbbell with ease. The Sapien 6M robotic arm can be mounted on an autonomous mobile platform for mobile manipulation. Everything is embedded in the intelligent robotic arm, and no external…

01 Aug 2022

3D-Printed Grippers for Robots That Grip Almost Anything

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University of Washington researchers developed a method for making 3D-printed grippers for robots that are capable of grabbing almost anything. 3D-printed grippers that can grasp almost any object Their method involves an algorithm that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper based on the target object and its position and then calculates the best path to pick it up without collisions. The University of Washington researchers developed an algorithm that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper to grip almost any object. Tests were performed on 22 objects with challenging shapes, including a 3D-printed bunny, a wedge-shaped doorstop, a tennis ball, and…

20 Dec 2021

Edible Art with an Industrial Robot (Baxter)

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This Robotics News piece is about a fun work with an industrial robot (Baxter) from Rethink Robotics. Researchers at USC's Center for Advanced Manufacturing have taught the Baxter robot to make pancakes with user-designed shapes. Image credit: USC's Center for Advanced Manufacturing Watch a short video of this below: More information: https://sites.usc.edu/cam/ If you enjoyed this post, please consider contributing to help us with our mission to make robotics and mechatronics available for everyone. We deeply thank you for your generous contribution! Do not forget to contact us: Be sure to let us know your thoughts and questions about this…

05 Nov 2020

Computed Torque Control of a 3R Robot Arm Playing Ping Pong

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In this post, you will find the MATLAB and Simulink codes for equations of motions of a 3R (3 revolute joints) robot, Computed Torque Control of the 3R robot arm in joint and task spaces, and the 3R robot arm playing Ping Pong. Suppose we have a 3R robot arm with 3 revolute joints pictured in the figure below: Fig. 1. A 3R (3 revolute joints) Serial Manipulator Robot The following problems are going to deal with the simulations of the equations of motion of this robot using the Lagrange-Euler method, Computed Torque Control (CTC) of the 3R robot in…