Arduino Robot Arm

I had promised in a previous post to share with you an arduino robot arm project at a later date. Well, that date is today! However, instead of using a joystick to control the arduino robot arm, I am going to pre-program the arm movements. Why? Well, because for starters the arduino joystick i bought has not yet been delivered. However, I am going to redo the project using the arduino joystick once I get it

Step 1: Requirements

• Robot Arm
• SSC-32
• Arduino board (i used the arduino duemilanove)
• Battery (you can use a 5v power supply instead of the battery)
• Voltage regulator (not needed if 5v power supply is used)
• 2 USB to serial cables

I bought the Robot arm, ssc-32 and arduino board from Bizoner. The other materials were locally acquired

Step 2: Connect the Arduino Board and SSC-32

Connecting the arduino board and SSC-32 is an easy procedure, especially if you have been following my posts. You can also check out this link, to learn more on that.

After successfully connecting the 2 boards, set the SSC-32 baud rate to 9600 so that the two boards can communicate.

Step 3: Connect the Servo Motors

Connect the servo motors to the servo channels/pins of the SSC-32. You can connect them whichever way you want, depending on your code.
This is how i connected the servo motors on the SSC-32.

Servo motor-------Pin

a----------------16
b----------------19
c----------------20
d----------------15
e-----------------4
f -----------------7

Step 4: Power the Setup

Once the servos are connected, power the setup. There are several powering options you can use. See the different powering options in my previous posts.

I decided to power the arduino due and the SSC-32 logic via USB cable and the servos with a 5v battery as shown in the photos.

Step 5: Coding

Now you can generate your code. Write your code on the arduino IDE and upload it onto the arduino board and watch your robot arm come alive. I have a sample code that i will share with you. However, it is important to note that it only works if you use the same SSC-32 servo pin configuration. Therefore, attach your servo motors to the pins i have specified above, if you are planning on dry running my example code.