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Here's next week's video, early for Patrons. This one goes out on Tuesday 9th March. 

There will of course be more videos about this, the next one in a couple of weeks all being well. For now I'm going to make the ROS integration as simple as possible which will fit my requirements to start with - and see if I can actually make it do anything useful.

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Wrap-Around Robot Arm - Really Useful Robot #4

It's time to build the robot arm for the Really Useful Robot. This is part 4 of of the Really Useful Robot Project. Thanks to ROBOTIS for providing the Dynamixel servos for this project. I'd planned that the robot arm should wrap around The body of the robot so it can be neatly folded away. That means it has three main joints plus the wrist axis. The Really Useful Robot is intended to be of practical use around the home or office. It can already autonomously navigate using the ROS navigation stack. You can support me on Patreon or buy my Merchandise: *************************** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xrobots Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/james-bruton *************************** Affiliate links - I will get some money of you use them to sign up or buy something: *************************** Matterhackers 3D printing supplies: http://www.matterhackers.com?aff=7500 Music for your YouTube videos: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xrobots *************************** Other socials: *************************** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xrobotsuk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xrobotsuk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/xrobotsuk *************************** CAD and Code for my projects: https://github.com/XRobots Huge thanks to my Patrons, without whom my standard of living would drastically decline. Like, inside out-Farm Foods bag decline. Plus a very special shoutout to Lulzbot, Inc who keep me in LulzBot 3D printers and support me via Patreon. HARDWARE/SOFTWARE Below you can also find a lot of the typical tools, equipment and supplies used in my projects: Filament from: https://www.3dfuel.com/ Lulzbot 3D Printers: http://bit.ly/2Sj6nil Lincoln Electric Welder: https://bit.ly/2Rqhqos CNC Router: https://bit.ly/2QdsNjt Ryobi Tools: http://bit.ly/2RhArcD Axminster Micro Lathe: http://bit.ly/2Sj6eeN 3D Printer Filament: http://bit.ly/2PdcdUu Soldering Iron: http://bit.ly/2DrNWDR Vectric CNC Software: http://bit.ly/2zxpZqv Why not join my community, who are mostly made up of actual geniuses. There’s a Facebook group and everything: https://www.facebook.com/groups/287089964833488/ XROBOTS Former toy designer, current YouTube maker and general robotics, electrical and mechanical engineer, I’m a fan of doing it yourself and innovation by trial and error. My channel is where I share some of my useful and not-so-useful inventions, designs and maker advice. Iron Man is my go-to cosplay, and 3D printing can solve most issues - broken bolts, missing parts, world hunger, you name it. XRobots is the community around my content where you can get in touch, share tips and advice, and more build FAQs, schematics and designs are also available.

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Anonymous

What do you think the useful load will be on the arm? Those servos are amazing btw!

XRobots

I think the limit will be the robot tipping, but I'll be testing that on a hard floor next time.

Anonymous

Can't wait for this to be ROS controlled! I think your explorations into more complex software programming (like with ROS) make your robots so much more interesting. Eagerly awaiting more in this direction