Noob questions warning. I want to make a welding robot arm for our family company and I've been looking for inspiration. I found your video and github page, and it's just pure GOLD. Thanks for all this. I'l be buying the CADs at the very least.
1) Do you think this robot will be enough for welding?
2) I want to teach it its moves by example. I don't know how exactly I'll be doing it, but maybe the simplest method would be making a second identical arm with encoders instead of motors. Or use a SpaceMouse as a force control for teaching. I don't know yet. I'll figure things out in due time, after I first played with the robot as it is. But in general, do you think it's feasible? (I have no idea about any of this yet, but I'm generally quite good with computers, technology, and figuring things out)
3) Aren't servos better than stepper motors (something about losing steps and knowing current position)? If I wanted to use servos, would it be possible without major changes?
Thanks again for making this project!
Andrzej.
Ok, so I think the robot might be enough for us. The most important thing is having a ready made mechanical design and having all hardware decisions made for me. And having a working software from you I also think I'd be able to tinker with it and make it to exactly suit our needs.
Anyway, could you give any time frame for development of the third robot? How long do you think it my take for you to publish it? If it's not that long then maybe it doesn't make sense for us to build the current one, especially that unfortunately it is indeed just barely big enough for us. Or maybe you already have a part list and CADs for the new robot that you can sell? And we'd worry about the software later ;) I'd just like to know the overview of the situation before I commit myself to a decision, one way or another ;)