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Re:Low Cost Robot Arm by antoniuschan99 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:03AM (#39902815)
I have a dobot mg400 but there are quite a few others: uFactory, elephant robotics, annin, dorna, epson (vt6L and their scaras), and lynxmotion is releasing their ses-v2.
Re:Low Cost Robot Arm by ipsum2 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:08AM (#39902835)
Wow, thanks for the list of resources. My problem with most robot arms are either they have small payloads, accuracy isn't very high, are too slow, or software support is terrible. Do you have any specific suggestions for 6DoF? The MG400 looks to have 4.
Re:Low Cost Robot Arm by antoniuschan99 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:16AM (#39902862)
Mg400 is great for the price no issues. Very smooth! Check out this review video: https://youtu.be/6nGexb_i0aM?si=IP0E76MCGxrTrQEH

What payload are you looking for? Cartesian Gantry’s are your next bet if you want to handle higher loads. Eg. Epson vt6l is ~14k but I’m sure you can build a gantry system to handle higher loads for a bit less!

Dobot software sucks though, I ended up programming it in python. It’s definitely not on the same level as say a Kuka or Yaskawa. Epson seems like the best value out of all the higher end arms. Software looks good, the arms are built well, has a long history in industry, and price is decent

Re:Low Cost Robot Arm by numpad0 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @06:10AM (#39904020)
You don't want a cheap && powerful && fast robot in your home! Let alone sell a bunch of.