Cheaper alternative: https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot
Some local people made this with it: https://youtube.com/watch?v=J3BygZpa6Eo
This is my favorite DIY robot arm at the moment. The parts seem to be fairly high quality, and it has a leader / follower arm option if you build a second one:
https://github.com/AlexanderKoch-Koch/low_cost_robot/tree/ma...
If you ever wonder what you could actually do with a nice arm… well, I had one for a while, and the following is the best I could come up with at the time. A fun little video:
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Ok, now I REALLY want to build one...
How does this cost around 1000euros to diy? It looks like some steppers and some printed parts and a control board… the kind of parts you find on a 3d printer you can buy for $200 - what am i missing? Genuine question!
The problem with these robots is the accuracy. You can't really use them for precision work, like populating a board with SMD components. This robot also seems quite slow.
I'd love to see pictures and video on the landing page.
I want to see this but for soft robotics
Is this a cobot?
TL;DR: Cost looks to be about $2K, they sell the 3D printed parts for 200Euro, the control board for 220Euro, and a kit for 2,000Euro. Looks very cool, but it's out of my "build it and see what I can do with it" budget, I'd need a real reason to build it.
(Oops saw other comment linked, but I’ll leave this comment in case summary is helpful)
Check out the SO100 arm, being supported by Huggingface and others. Only 4 axis, but cheap AF (<$250/arm) and using ML to make it more capable than 4 axis would seem. Also using identical arms for mirror teleportation/training.
https://github.com/TheRobotStudio/SO-ARM100