I took on the task of designing, and building my own version of an industrial 6 axis robotic arm. I was inspired by the automation cobots used at my previous co-op at ABC Technologies and decided it would be nice desk toy to have a robot to move small objects on my desk.

Requirements:

• Must be able to smoothly pick up and drop small objects such as pens and erasers.

• Must fit in a 12x12x12 in cubic space.

• Must be aesthetically pleasing

• Must cost under $300

Based on these requirements to brainstorm various solutions and researching existing designs. In my research I found a Robot that pretty closely meets my requirements so I built off of it. I went on to design a CAD model and proceeded to 3D print all of the parts on my Ender 3 3D printer. I also wired and soldered all electrical components to an arduino and servo driver using this circuit diagram on the left.