Really Useful Robot Update (Patreon)

I wanted to let Patrons know what the status is with RUR. The next part of the plan is to build the arm, which I'm intending to have wrap around the lower section of the robot's body so it's nice and neat when it's driving around, and also not too front/side heavy.

It looks very much like ROBOTIS will be providing Dynamixel servos for this part of the project (and possibly other projects), and that conversation is happening at the moment. The arm will be largely designed around the servos, so for now the image above should serve only to demonstrate the idea. 

The arm is pretty much a SCARA arm, since the body of the robot can move up and down the 'utility stick' in any case, although it may get an additional linear axis at the wrist as well. It's likely that I'll try different types of wrist/manipulator etc, so to begin with there will likely just be a simple gripper mounted on the wrist.