Simulation and Motion Planning for 6DOF Robotic Arm
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Summary
Leo Goldstein, a self-described “three-dimensional inquisitor and ImageErrors aficionado,” has given an update on his 6DOF robotic arm, known as ManiPylator (formerly called ManiPilator).
The arm is controlled using free and open-source software, on a giant stack of planning and simulation tools topped off with MQTT message queues.
In the most recent update, the arm was programmed to trace out the shape of a heart from a mathematical equation, which was expressed in Python code.
Measurements were then taken, and science was done.
Goldstein states that the project name has been changed from ‘ManiPilator’ to ‘ManiPylator’, Dropping the reference to the Raspberry Pi and instead focusing on the Python programming language.
However, all the project’s friends just refer to it as ‘Manny’.
Goldstein has traced out a path for anyone else looking to make their own 6DOF robotic arm, and asks any interested parties to get in touch.
