[Noisebridge-discuss] About the missing robotic arm on wheel chair robot

[Jake]

Hi Hao,

I have the robotic arm on my shelf.  Some people thought it was too 
unweildy, and the robot is dangerous enough without it.

It has pneumatic actuators on it, which is to say that originally it was 
operated with a pressurized air source and solenoids (which I don't have) 
to move it around.  I feel that the appropriate way to use it now is to 
fit it with electrical motors (which I do have) and let the pneumatic 
cylinders remain as the movement support structure.  Although I hardly 
care what is done with it if someone else takes the initiative.

If you are at noisebridge the same time as me, I will get the arm out for 
you, or i can do that ahead of time and put it somewhere you can get to 
it.  I would like to hear about the arm you're making, and what you hope 
to do with it.

Your project sounds very interesting.

-jake

Hao wrote:
> Hi Noisebridge,
>
> I'm working on this DORA opensource robotic assistant project, and now
> I'm starting building robotic arm.
>
> I've heard that the wheel chair robot had a gigantic arm before, where
> is it now? I'd like to play with it, if it still being around.
>
> I'm a roboticist/hacker from Beijing, with 5 years' experience on
> building and controlling robots. so, believe me, I won't hurt myself
> or anybody else while moving the robotic arm around. :)
>
> --
> DORA = DORA Opensource Robotic Assistant
> dorabot.com