'Thor' robot with addons and GUI

First version V0.1.11.2016 to download at hackaday! for Windows,Mac and Linux. Linux beta testers needed to give feedback!
Did workout some routines to play with cubes, next will be some other materials like a table,box... will be continue :)

Playing with cubes :)

First update graphical GUI controller for THOR robotic arm. Still in progress... Inverse kinimatics build in.

All parts of two weeks printing, at last job done :) (special modified parts included)

Base parts (wrong motor viewed, sorry)

This time with correct motor !

Everything fits correctly

Looking good! This one has been modified, height has been smaller then the original piece.

Modified pieces to fit on a smaller 3D printer (most of them will be no problem anymore)
Overlapping pieces to keep it at strong as one piece, has to be glued togetter.

As you can see nicely fitting togetter

Yeah, good accuracy so far!

The two sides

Another modified piece split into 2 pieces

Put togetter to one piece

And again two pieces to be connected to one piece

I am very glad that the printing has been perfectly been finnished

The assembly can be started in the comming days!

Will be continued...

• Robot 'Thor' rendering 09/25/2016 at 12:36 • 0 comments After the modification I made a render of my personal robot :) from the moment everything has been printed and assembled I will send everything to Gihub, all parts has to be firmly fitted with each other. There will be a step by step manual to build one for all.
• next day printing some robot pieces 09/25/2016 at 11:40 • 0 comments A new day, some new modified prints, made this one a little bit lower than the original to fit in my printerMade two pieces that can be shifted over each other and can be glued together
  

• Thor robotic arm 09/23/2016 at 20:48 • 0 comments As a team member of the 'Thor' project I am building one myself with some addons and little changes to print it on a smaller enviroment 3D printer. Everything will be find on github 'Thor' see AngelLM 'Thor' project for more info.The connector box addonFor manual teatching to position of the robot I worked out a hand controller with arduino one serial communication with the main controller arduino mega.For the moment I am building also a GUI controller to program and simulate 'Thor' from any platform with Unity.I just started to programming, follow me the comming days... weeks :)

First draft of the electronics.

There will be a possiblity to communicate with a plc or pc. Communication with plc will be modbus RTU to be compatible

with a whole range of plc's. All GCode will be transfered from de grapical PC GUI controller.

Direct communication with pc will be with USB or TCP/IP , WIFI.

The controller will generate GCODE with subroutines directed by digital IO.

There will be a hand controller to manualy position to points, by pressing a button on the controller the position will be written to pc. If all GCode was been written the program can be saved on pc and be uploaded to the robot controller.

The robot controller can work without the pc when program has been sended. Pressing de home button shortly will start/stop the robot. By pressing and holding for 2 seconds the robot goes to homing position.