I know nothing about robotics. Can anyone point me in the direction of amateur forums or places to buy simple parts that I can use to make moving sculptures? such as a moving mouth for instance. Is there a place where I can buy the mechanics required to make two sets of teeth move up and down? I don't need it to synchronize to a computer. I just need the teeth to move up and down as if they're talking. Seems like there would be a store that sells basic mechanics like that? or a forum where I can ask questions how to make one.
basic robotics
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May 8, 2020 at 4:33 PM -
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Would these work for you?
But seriously, a google search showed me this one: https://www.robotshop.com/community/forum/
Neither I nor Robot-forum endorses them, I just briefly visited to see if it looked appropriate to your endeavor. I am sure that you should be able to find others.
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thanks! I'll go from there!
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3d printer can help alot, they are cheap and well made and work wonders, make sure you get one and get yourself a download of open s-cad to go with it..
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Is this another solution for social distancing?
You could always see if your dentist will make a mould of your own pearly whites, you just need to include a brace with a pivot point, strap a cheapo RC SG90 servo and a microcontroller and have some fun.
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Is this another solution for social distancing?
You could always see if your dentist will make a mould of your own pearly whites, you just need to include a brace with a pivot point, strap a cheapo RC SG90 servo and a microcontroller and have some fun.
you make it sound so easy! thanks! I'll research
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Lol.....easy at my age, not now...…...
Attached is a clip of what I made from a 3D printer, Arduino nano and a couple of SG90.
Get rid of the gripper jaws, add some gnashers and you're away.
The gripper(s) only open and close (that you can see), but I coded in some functions for the display and also zeroing/calibration.
But just to cycle the motor open and close is basically modified code from the standard Arduino libraries with a few 'artistics' tweaks.
If I can do it, so can anyone else...…..the journey was especially fun, so good luck with your progression.
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I bet once youve done this enough you can quickly rig up lots of different equipment in all sorts of haphazzard wayz. amazing.
Is that PLA plastic? it looks organic.
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Just your standard PLA using a cheap China 3D Printer, coupled with my amateur design skills, learner Arduino programming, took me a good 6 months on a steep learning curve.....but it was good fun as I achieved exactly what I set out to do.
I modified the SG90 to bring the internal potentiometer feedback to the Arduino, this allows me to zero, calibrate and teach open and close positions to suit, store the values in eeprom so just powers up ready to run each time.
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The robo arm looks really tough and durable. Thanks for letting me have a look at your work!
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The arm is a Kawasaki FS03, not 3D printed, only the gripper and the interface box is 3D printed.