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This page will chronicle the progress of the desktop robot project
The scope of this project is to build a robot that can be used for demonstrating the flexibility of Robots in the manufacturing arena..
Basic Structure: The robot will be primarily built with ABS plastics parts that are built on a Dimension 1200ES. The added strength of the ES material and large build envelope of the 1200 make these parts ideal candidates.
Controler: EMC2 Running under Ubuntu Linux
Drives: Two sets of Gecko 540s for a total of 8 possible simultaneous axes.
Modeling Software: Solidworks 2009
Robot Programming Software: Mastercam X3 + Robotmaster
November 30, 2008: Joints 1 and 2 complete. 3 is in progress. Only 3.5 more to go!
December 13, 2008: Joint 4 roughed out including drive shaft (not shown)
December 18, 2008: Internals of belt reduction box complete
February 18, 2009: Robot lengthened to fit on Fortus FDM Machines. Worm Drives and slip clutches added.
February 19, 2009: J1-J4 limit switches added.
February 20, 2009: J5 + J6 added. Limit switch for J6 in place.
April 24, 2009: Redesign of J5 and J6.
April 25, 2009: All limit switch mountings done. End of arm tooling complete. Final design complete. Ready for printing..
April 26, 2009: Final bolts added. Ready for Robotmaster machine simulator to be built.
April 28, 2009: J1, J2 and the Base are done printing. Robot platform design complete.
June 2, 2009: Assembly Complete. Wiring complete. Mach3 setup Complete.
June 4, 2009: Re-assembly with 4 more FORTUS specific materials. Movie uploaded.
Cimquest
Mastercam
Robotmaster
Solidworks
Dimension
Stratasys
EMC2
Geckodrive Motion Controls