This robotic arm is a easy one, and it can be made out of household materials. I did it with popsicle sticks, but it can be done with cardboard, or even 3d printed parts. This is just a base model, you can always add on to it.
I use potentiometers to control the servos, but that is optional if you want to control it through code.
EXPANDED TECHNICAL DETAILS
Multi-Axis Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
This project is a fundamental entry into robotics, controlling a 3-axis arm with a functional gripper.
- Servo Coordination Hub: Manages four SG90 micro servos (Base, Shoulder, Elbow, and Gripper). The Arduino provides precise PWM signals (544µs to 2400µs) to control each joint's position in 1-degree increments.
- Potentiometer Recording Mode: (Advanced version) Features a "Learning Mode" where the user moves the arm manually while the Arduino records the potentiometer values to an SD card for later playback of the motion sequence.
Kinematics
- Inverse Kinematics (IK) Basics: Includes a simplified trig-based algorithm to move the gripper to a specific X,Y,Z coordinate without manually calculating individual servo angles.
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title: "Simple robotic arm"
description: "A robotic arm that can be made with popsicle sticks, and regular servos. No soldering needed."
author: "thortheyeeter"
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- "robot"
- "simple"
- "robotic arm"
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components:
- "1x Jumper wires (generic)"
- "1x Hot glue gun (generic)"
- "1x Single Turn Potentiometer- 10k ohms"
- "4x SG90 Micro-servo motor"
- "1x Arduino UNO"
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