Robot Arm Clocks

September 22, 2007

Written by: Alan Parekh at 6:36 am. Filed under Complex Hacks, Cool Gadgets, Electronic Hacks, Insane Equipment

These are probably some of the most expensive clocks around. I would love to have a Robot Arm Clock in my living room though.

“The robot arm is probably the most mathematically complex robot you could ever build. As such, this tutorial cant tell you everything you need to know. Instead, I will take shortcuts and just talk about the bear minimum you need to know to build an effective robot arm. Please bear with the math . . . enjoy!

To get you started, here is a video of a robot arm assignment I had when I took Robotic Manipulation back in college. My group programmed it to type the current time into the keyboard . . . (lesson learned, dont crash robot arms into your keyboard at full speed while testing) ”

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4 Responses to “Robot Arm Clocks”

elektronika Says:
September 22nd, 2007
extremely funny and coo000ool
Shadyman Says:
September 23rd, 2007
I want one!
feki00 Says:
September 23rd, 2007
Wait what happend at 2:55?? Programming fault?
btw i want one too, maybe the second one on the video.
TugaTronica : Robot Arm Clock Says:
September 24th, 2007
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