Ceiling fan becomes a “spaceship” SCARA robot arm

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe all know how annoying a ceiling fan can be when it isn’t balanced well and that annoyance perfectly demonstrates the necessity of a good, sturdy bearing. A ceiling fan’s bearing needs to allow for smooth rotational motion with as little friction as possible, while completely constraining movement in every other axis. Those properties make […]

Building your own affordable SCARA plotter with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesRobots come in all shapes and sizes, but one of the most popular styles for industrial applications is the SCARA (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm). These have multiple degrees of freedom, each of which rotates around the vertical Z axis. But they’re otherwise constrained, which can have advantages for certain applications. For example, they tend […]

This 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings Arduino Team — November 8th, 2019 SCARA robots are often used in industrial settings to move components in the proper location. In order to demonstrate the concept to students, Nicholas Schwankl has come up with a simple unit that employs three servos and 3D-printed parts to dispense 4.5mm […]

This 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings Arduino Team — November 8th, 2019 SCARA robots are often used in industrial settings to move components in the proper location. In order to demonstrate the concept to students, Nicholas Schwankl has come up with a simple unit that employs three servos and 3D-printed parts to dispense 4.5mm […]