Armdroid 1

A blog covering the restoration work of a 1980's Colne Robotics Ltd. robotic arm called ARMDROID 1 and interfacing to modern day computer systems such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, IBM PC, Mobile computing devices, and more... We'll also make use of rich development technologies on the way to build some truly exciting projects. Also now covering the Armdroid 1000 by D&M Computing Inc. and later LabVolt models.

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Blueprints

Scans of the original blueprints can be downloaded from http://www.senster.com/alex_zivanovic/armdroid/09-Blueprints.pdf
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Richard Morris
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Armdroid 1

Armdroid 1
...this is my Armdroid 1 robotic arm now completely restored.

Armdroid 1S

Armdroid 1S
Armdroid model 1s by D&M Computing Inc.

Armdroid 1000

Armdroid 1000
Armdroid 1000 by D&M Computing Inc. - currently under restoration

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Popular Posts

  • Testing a Stepper Motor
    If, like me, you want to determine whether a Stepper Motor is working, you'll probably be interested in this... My recently acquired A...
  • RPi Interfacing
    Progress report on the Raspberry Pi computer control & software. A couple of evenings ago, decided to bite the bullet, and power ...
  • Raspberry Pi Setup
    A couple of weekends ago I installed Raspbian in preparation for work on computer control aspect of the project.  Raspbian is an optimized p...
  • I2C Port Expander
    For all of my projects I have used the standard digital output pins when connecting to the Armdroid's 8-bit parallel interface.  But, wh...
  • Magnet Madness
    This morning...  Reinstalled the sensors and cable tied everything back into place.   The spacer supports are not very good, I'll probab...
  • Restringing - Part 3
    Final day of restringing.... Using the old string as a guide, cut two new lengths of string for the fingers - one is doubled up, the other...
  • Power Supply
    To make my Armdroid as portable as possible, decided it would be sensible to make up a dedicated Power Adapter instead of relying on my Benc...
  • Timeout
    It feels like it's been a while, which it has ...  Last month I was trying desperately to ready my Armdroid for the next Milton Keynes R...
  • Cambridge Raspberry Jam - 7th December
    Yesterday, was the 4th Cambridge Jam (CamJam) of 2013 at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University. We arrived early to set up the ...
  • Talk about Torque
    The Armdroid Library on GitHub has just been updated with an enhancement allowing Holding Torque to be released or re-applied, and this is ...
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