Robotic Arm Moving Cassette Tapes Between Piles (Lynx 6)

I decided, after a very long time of doing nothing with my robotic arm, to make a program for it. It's nothing too fancy when I think about it (it did only take today and yesterday to make), but I was excited when I finally saw it working. =D

By the way, the arm's a Lynx 6. Check out the great LynxMotion.com for more info. It can also move the wrist up and down (although I didn't use it much here), and rotate the wrist (which I didn't use at all here). I made the program in VB6.

Blog entry (you can comment here too, if you like)...
http://robbi-985.homeip.net:8000/blog/?p=10

EDIT: Since it's such a small program and people can learn from it, I'm releasing a ZIP of the VB6 project files (source code) for the program. Here's the link:
http://robbi-985.homeip.net:8000/hosted_programs/Lynx6_Cassettes_standalone.zip

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• robot
• arm
• cassette
• tape
• pile
• programming
• sort
• stack
• visual
• basic
• vb6
• lynx

[loliko88]

I feel bad for robot for inhumane treatment by its human master...

[SomethingUnreal]

Yes... I honestly don't treat it like that most of the time. =/

... Why do I get the feeling that people don't believe me?

[KukiShu]

hehe we programmed one of those for a school project. It swaped CD's and operated an CD player. The whole thing was connected to a website where you could write a program for it to play your number. There was also a cam and sound stream on the web to see it all happen :)

[SomethingUnreal]

Sounds like I need to get programming, then. :P

I've already made a few programs with VB6 which you control via CGI on a web page (you can see them if you check my site), but I've yet to combine it with my robotic arm...

[CrossingDivides]

Dude, he made this program, but he did it in Visual Basic, which is a Microsoft Coding language.

[scozzahisee]

Very nicely done. Great job!

[KabakaLion]

Hahaha! That was hilarious to watch. Nice work; I loved it. I've actually been considering purchasing one of these for the last, oh, five or six years. Too expensive for my liking/bank account, though.

Careful with those servos, though. I've killed a few with jerky movements like that. Sudden stops and starts tend to be rough on them. Although these are a little beefier, and I'm sure you know better anyway. :-D

[NickInTimeFilms]

It's all right there in the Description. I'm lazy. Well off to work then! Great job!

[NickInTimeFilms]

Very nice! I'm trying to build a motorized joint so I can build a simple mechanical arm. Did you Build this on your own or with a kit? I'll look around.

[DevotedAnimeSharer]

Macintosh's need programs like these! XD

Haha thats pretty neato.

[addeson]

u make this look so easy! :o