Sixi robot arm

Here's a new hand that matches ISO standard 9409-1-50-4-M6. 

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4495737

With this you should be able to mount any robot hand off the shelf that matches.  Basically anything that natively fits on a UR5 will work.  wiring it to talk to the robot is a new thing so that'll take some effort.

Also!  Continuous Integration on the Robot Overlord App project is now a thing.  We've got auto-build, auto-test, and auto-deploy-to-nightly-builds happening.  You can check out the workflow file here: https://github.com/MarginallyClever/Robot-Overlord-App/actions/runs/158526279/workflow

What else... we've got a metal camshaft in the shoulder and elbow now: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCH1q3SDGzD/

We'll have metal gears for the same soon enough.  All metal means more precision and more power! 

For some reason I'm having a lot of writer's block when it comes to writing a record & playback system.  I don't know where the problem is, just that it's persisted for about two years and it's finally unavoidably the one thing directly in front of me.  Could really use some help here.

https://www.marginallyclever.com/2020/05/robot-overlord-1-6-1/

Not much more to add to that.  I'd love your help on this project.  Let me know what you need and I'll see what I can do.

https://www.marginallyclever.com/2020/05/sixi-robot-new-partnership-with-center-for-digital-media/

https://www.patreon.com/posts/driving-sixi-to-36829381

Early access to Patrons!  Using Robot Overlord to SSH to a Raspberry Pi to the Sixi, and watching the results through VLC monitoring the PiCam.

https://github.com/MarginallyClever/sixi-2

Bill of Materials has been updated to the final version.

STLs/ folder contains new export of all files AND recommended print settings.

README updated.

Assembly instructions coming together nicely: https://mcr.dozuki.com/c/Sixi_2_kit_Asssembly

All praise to Jin for his great documentation work there.

Also this.

And here's a picture of the app as it stands.

Announcement!  https://www.twitch.tv/imakerobots, Thursday 2020-01-10 @ 15:00PDT (GMT-8)

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7EpkTOnyhc/

Read more here: https://www.marginallyclever.com/2019/12/matthew-uses-sixi-to-pick-up-a-block/

This has been in the works for a while now.

and you can see more on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3-wXULBt9j/

You can get the kit here now: https://www.marginallyclever.com/products/six-axis-joystick/

For this project I made a handy PCB:

It is available now: https://www.marginallyclever.com/products/six-channel-input-pcb/

The machine is operational.  

I’m running tests over the next two weeks to find where the machine wears first. Twice already I found a part that needed an extra set screw to keep it locked tight.

Meanwhile Jin is making good progress improving the gearboxes to be better than ever. They’re quieter, stronger, more durable, and less prone to slop.

I wanted to avoid all the BS that happens when a rotation goes from 359 to 0 or vice versa, so all the joints in the machine are set to start at angle 180 and never allowed to turn more than 175 degrees. The cost is that some moves you or I find intuitive have become stupidly hard for the arm.  They can still be done but it takes finesse.

I even picked up new t shirts with the company logo and people seem to want one, so I’ll be listing them real soon.

Also ahead now that the design changes are slowing down I’m going to put up an order form for the non-printed parts and an order form for the unassembled kit (including printed bits).