AR4-MK3 6 AXIS ROBOT ARM KIT - the DIY 6 DOF robot / Arduino control & Python program interface 

Dude, this is a beautiful accomplishment. Your focus on software and usability is great for everyone. The vid deserves some notations when you're showing motion that was sped up in post. Can see some is real time footage in there. Congrats!

Amazone update. I’m working since 4 months with Fanuc robots, and 2 months ago, got my TPEB certificate. Your system allows near from the same funcrions of a modern Fanuc controller. Great job, Chris. Waiting to reach my budget for an AR4, in order to feed my TC225 BROTHER (from 1991 !), that I’m retrofiting with LinuxCNC.

I'm always so excited when I see you've posted a new update. Thanks for continuing your effort with the robot. Watching you work through examples with the software is super helpful as well.

Brilliant love the com port update I can see this being very helpful. Thank you Chris

An open source product designed for the end user. Great work and thank you!

Hey Chris, great update, thank you for constant improvements! Awesome work!

I'm looking to make my own designed robot, and this is such a wealth of information and helpful ideas for what to include.

Chris you're amazing! Great update and awesome demo. You're making robotics accessible! Thank you for your hard work!!

Nice update to the software!

super comprehensive and detailed work of art

Awesome...this is such a beautiful piece of work! Makes me want to build one!

Well done, your work will not be forgotten!

Okay, this is amazing and I’ll have to look into building a kit ASAP!

You're so awesome! Thx Chris.

This is perfect ! i have been waiting for the if switch read for a long time, your skills are above and beyond this earth thank you so much... i can pull my ar4 out of retirement now

Chris, you rock!

ohhhhhh I'm so getting this, and attaching my welder to it I needed this yesterday

This is amazing. Keep going!!! 😃

I'm about to level up my life! this is exactly what I'm looking for

Great stuff! I wish I had one!

I have Great respect for you.

holy smokes thats like a million bux, thanks homie!

Nice!

Thanks for these examples of use, this is amazing work! Wondering if it is possible to connect something like this to a spreadsheet to count the parts inventory? Maybe just read/write your registers to a csv or something…

Hi Chris, really appreciate your dedication and efforts. Awesome work! Quick question, with current payload capacity, can AR4 handle a router bit to cut MDF or acrylic sheet?

Hi Chris, I've followed your project with interest for a while and I think it's incredible. Realistically do you think this could be completed if I currently have no programming experience? I do have CNC experience so making the parts would be doable 😁

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could this thing actually eject parts from a 3d printer bed using some sort of visual Ai detection to actually decide what part of the model it should pop off and maybe we could even start designing supports meant to be robot hand friendly

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Have been following the project for a while, a huge inspiration! brilliant work, the software and hardware and their integration is on par if not better than some commercial brand-name educational robots! Thank you for sharing this May I know what platform/programming language you used for the GUI of the software, I am building a firmware for a lab research project (it is a 3 axis robot/ gantry for material research) at my university and would love to make a simple app that people (other than me) can use it to explore and use it?

Is there a teach mode where you can move the robot manually into position with your hands? With the arm semi powered so it stays were you move it to? I've seen this functionality on other desktop arms and it's incredibly useful. I'm struggling to get my AR4 exactly where I want it via the control panel.

I been following your channel for around ~3 months now and always impressed with all the videos you put out. I was considering printing all the parts to build this, but decided to save up to the aluminum kit. Are there any coupon codes you can share with us? ;D Thanks for the great content!

This is a great set of updates. I am curious, what would be the best approach to have an external Python script send commands to the arm via the user interface program?

Do you have any videos of the AR4 arm in a real world application?

Hello teacher, can I ask a question? What kind of interface can I use to go to any desired location on Scara robot from the computer? Kind regards.

Can I request a stand alone vision software. We have a 3 axis gantry to pick and place parts for kits. I would be very helpful to have your vision system. Looks like it would do what we want.

Can it 3d print or do CNC ?

Can you 3d print with it?

Do you provide files for the machined parts, or are those only available for purchase?

How much would it cost in total?

Is ur UI software a LabVIEW front panel? Or is it custom software. It looks extremely similar to LabVIEW

Very nice project. What is the max. load?

do you ever plan on moving off of steppers to bldcs?

Theoretically, can I make the arm longer?

Hello, Do you have an API in python or maybe C++ ?

making a robot hand really shows you the limitations of a nrobot hand compared to your own hand and makes you apreciate the human hand, and makes you realize if slavery was still leghal, we would have people talking about what breed of slave is most valuable, some slaves would be worth more, certain slave families would be bred more expensive,people would be like horses, and it wouldnt have been limited to just black people, they would have started breeding all sorts of slaves of every race if they had continued allowing slavery. its crazy that they even had it at all all the way untill the 1800s like slaves took trains lol. its like i could imagine people finding ways to describe the hands of their slaves as the new upgrade . i guess cyborgs will be like slaves i mean eventually we will ask why not just have a human slave doing the work we need done.

What difference between ARK4-MK3 and ARK4-MK2?

Will there be an upgrade kit + guide from MK2 to MK3 because it seems the J6 motor is not available as a standalone purchase? Also, is v4.4 of software compatible with MK2?

what is the estimate cost on this project, before i start it :)

if u cant mill your own parts, youre lost. so no project for me