Turning a broken 2 ton robot into a CNC-machine | ABB IRB6400

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Here's an overview of the project I've been working on for the past few months: resurrecting this 2 ton cast iron beast from the dead and turning it into a CNC milling machine, mainly for foam.
The robot is an ABB IRB6400 / 2.4-200, manufactured in 1999.
The documents that were still with the robot state that the original customer was the Eurostar train factory located in Austria, where it served as a welding robot.
Upon the first startup attempt the controller wouldn't perform a cold start and gave me : "Error 03:07003 Unexpected interrupt on MC". After talking to some experts on the ABB robotics forum (thank you graemepaulin for your expertise) they pointed me in the right direction and told me to replace the main or robot computer. Replacing the Robot computer fixed te issue and the S4C controller was able to perform a cold start. I then installed Robotware OS 3.1 and after this i was able to get some movement out of the robot. Once the axis were callibrated again (because the backup battery inside the robot itself also died) i was able to make linear moves and start creating simple programs. Full thread on the ABB Robotics forum can be found here: forums.robotstudio.com/discus...
Furthermore I replaced both backup batteries inside the S4C controller and swapped the Floppy drive for a USB one.
This whole process to get the robot up and running took about 2 weeks (had to wait for some parts to arrive). The rest of the time was spend on the development of a program to send coordinates directly to the S4C controller from a PC. Even with the floppy drive swapped for a USB one, the internal memory size was still about the size of a floppy disk (1.4mb). Which means I was still only able to execute programs of max 1.4mb or around 15.000 lines of code. Anyone who ever worked with CNC-machines know that even the simplest programs exceed 15.000 lines. So that's why i made the application. I'm now able to execute any file size that I need.
During the development of the program I used an Arduino Mega as an emulator for the S4C controller, to test out the serial communication protocols and handshakes.
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More info about this project can be found here:
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The Rapid2Serial program shown at 05:04 can be purchased from my website: bbprojects.technology/collect...
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Transportation
00:30 Cleaning
00:52 First startup attempt
01:18 Fixing the robot
01:50 First movements
02:12 First program
02:38 Can test full program
03:01 Testing of repeatability
03:40 G-code to Rapid
03:54 3D-printed motor mount
04:10 TCP setup test
04:38 First milling test
05:04 Rapid2Serial Application
05:47 Fine tuning
06:32 Tesla Roadster wheel front
07:19 Tesla Roadster wheel back
08:07 Showcase
08:21 Outro
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@catalystbelgium2626 Год назад

Prachtig Brian! Geweldig wat je er allemaal mee kan doen! Ook zeer goede Outro muziek!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Bedankt Catalyst Belgium, de outro muziek is geweldig 😜👍

@adayinthelife5496 Год назад

Amazing accuracy. Great job updating the computer. I feel like this machine could produce much larger sculptures than any CNC machine.

@bc8010 Год назад

Than ANY cnc machine? No. The reach of the arm isn't crazy huge but it is a good size.

@ska042 Год назад

@@bc8010 Not any machine, but it can certainly do work on much larger objects than any similarly sized CNC machine, since the object doesn't have to fit _inside_ the machine.

@SlinkySlonkyWaffle Год назад

@@ska042 not to mention, give it a rotary table and it basically becomes a 5+ axis machine, since it can reach all angles easily that way.

@SlinkySlonkyWaffle Год назад

@@ariginsberg4029 nothing a rotary table might fix ;3

@EricMonroe7 Год назад

That may be the cleanest used robotic arm I've ever seen after that wash you gave it. Love it. Can't wait to see it get dirty again.

@TJ-W Год назад

I find it strange that you encounter so many dirty robots.

@MrAsddasdasda Год назад

@@TJ-W they are mostly used in factories/assembly lines so not rly

@TJ-W Год назад

@@MrAsddasdasda uhhh… that doesn’t apply to my comment. Thanks.

@capnthepeafarmer Год назад

I love the IRB6400! I spent so much time working on these and the older S4 and S4C controllers. We didn't have the USB function, and we had to get really creative when writing our programs to optimize them for space. Great work on this! As always be safe! These robots have the ability to get up to 6m/s! 😵

@BrianBrocken Год назад

It's an amazing machine 😁. will do so, haven't gone above 150mm/s yet and milling usually happens at 30-40mm/s so not that much speed but you'll never know with these machines of course.

@christophercain7343 Год назад

@@BrianBrockenyeah be careful that thing doesn’t whip around and clock you in the face outta nowhere

@PAFFO Год назад

@@BrianBrocken how did you manage to get one ? how cheap does it get second hand ?

@OhAncientOne 9 месяцев назад

These were run for 24hrs before shipping. One, went wild and threw it's dummy weight over 100ft, and right through a concrete block wall. Just FYI 😉

@Rotwold 8 месяцев назад

@@PAFFO 10.000 € and up depending on condition / configuration

@muggzzzzz Год назад

You gave this robot a second life, that's great! It's so precise, can't believe its repeatability is so fine! Once upon a time, I've designed and made my own desktop cnc mill - I've implemented my university graduation work 10 years after I finished my study. It was an interesting experience. Best regards, Max.

@jesperbergsjo1531 Год назад

This is so cool! My first job after university was ABB robotics and I developed the SW controlling the electrical drives for the S4C controller. However, the IRB6000 (later rebranded to 6400 when relaunched with the S4 controller) was designed for spotwelding and outperformed all competition for 1 inch, 2 inch and 5 inch movements between spots. The main challenge was the compact gear boxes with natural frequency far below the frequency of the spotweld moves. Just cutting EPS is a simple job for this great machine!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

That's a great story, thanks for sharing😁. Love hearing the stories of people who helped developing these awesome machines 👍.

@winstonzeb2842 Год назад

This would be PERFECT for making fiberglass molds! In the yacht industry we have massive 5-axis CNCs that we only cut dense foam on to create a "plug" the plug is then sanded and polished to a mirror finish (with high build primer "duratech"). Then we wax the plug, spray with gel coat, and spray chop strand fiberglass on. From there you lay up additional layers of fiberglass, and once you've pulled the foam and fiberglass apart you have a mold! The foam you cut here is standard styrofoam or what we call 1lb foam. We cut 10lb and 40lb foam as well. For the biggest parts we use the 1lb foam, and do a rough cut (undersized by 1/4") with a huge endmill, then we apply a layer of thick 2 part epoxy putty to the rough cut foam, then we use a smaller ball endmill to do the finish pass. You have an awesome opportunity to start making sweet carbon or fiberglass parts!

@crazyg74 Год назад

Adding a 7th axis (linear track for the robot to move along) gives you a lot of scope for such things. Some yacht builders (there are also specialist plug makers) are doing exactly that using robots.

@Ckcdillpickle Год назад

Isn't 40lb foam incredibly expensive to buy. And I assume heavy. I'm in the process of saving up for a cnc machine to make foam plugs. A robot arm would be killer because of its massive z axis

@winstonzeb2842 Год назад

@@crazyg74 Believe it or not is not all that helpful. Because with a mold you’re still constrained by draft so the part can actually release from the mold.

@fedordolgachev3268 Год назад

In Fusion 360 if you haven't, I would look at the smoothing feature within most toolpaths. It limits point density in the program. Makes it easier for slower controllers to keep up with the program. I would do a test with smoothing off and smoothing on set to a value that you deem reasonable and compare the cycle times.

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Yes i have experimented with this feature and it reduces the files size by a lot. Also changed the default resolution from 0.1mm to 1mm which is also a huge improvement and barely noticeable on the larger parts, might turn even turn it up for larger parts. I also set the lead in and lead out distances to 0.0, these are arcs and arcs have a lot of points so this is also a huge improvement.

@Deceased-Prince Год назад

@@BrianBrocken can you break a file into parts?

@klicker0 Год назад

Very nice video, I have to say I thought a robot arm of this size would of been louder, it's very impressive how silent it is. Nice precision as well, I assume all the joints/gears are harmonic?

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thanks man, I was also surprised by the sound (or rather lack of it) it made. You can barely hear it when standing next to it. Yes the gearboxes used in this robot are harmonic. This robot inspired me to design and 3D-print a harmonic drive, just to understand it a bit better 😜 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1jqYdFrZqFI.html

@SetKat-Alex Год назад

ABB robots really are silent! Fanuc on the other end not so much

@klicker0 Год назад

@@SetKat-Alex That's really interesting, thanks for the info, I never get to be around robots, i've actually always wondered which ones are louder and quieter. I have some (somewhat affordable) harmonic drives that are FOC driven BLDC motors and they are surprisingly quiet, actually dead silent, it's always impressed me.

@maxgood42 Год назад

do they make more noise when running at full speed ? like a welder (but not including the welder its self) ?

@SetKat-Alex Год назад

@@maxgood42 at full speed, you can only hear the motor drive, but not the reducer at all. We tested an IRB 460 with a 25kg box (that's nothing for the robot), at full speed and 2g Accel, it really is silent. (i think we only heard the controller fans, as tbe door was open). Maybe I'll post a video of the testings if I've some time.

@cayleependerass Год назад

I knew those robots were strong, but I didn't realize how fucking accurate they were! That repeatability test was .0006 for all my Inch people. That's a lot for a dedicated cnc machine on linear guide ways and with ball screws, but with a big dangly arm like that?!? That is amazing.

@lonewolftech Год назад

It’s almost as if the thing was designed and built for accuracy and repeatability in industrial applications.

@Marcelkerkmans Год назад

Hi Brian, superb show case of how we can give new purpose to these old machines! We did sort of the same for a irb6400r200-2.8 s4c controller. We’re in the mids of turning it into a large format 3D printer. If you need some info contact me. I can explain more in detail wich components we used for storage and battery upgrades. Also we would love to come in contact with like minded people from around the globe! Regards Marcel

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Hey Marcel, thank you for your comment. Would love to get in touch with you. You can send me an email with your information. Email adres can be found on my RU-vid channel or my website (see description of this video).

@Nbomber Год назад

Plz make videos about the machines

@jac_Engineer Год назад

Hi, me and a friend recently became the owners of two IRB6600 robots with IRC5 controllers. We are both finishing our engineering degrees this year so we put the robots in storage for time being but we plan on restoring and recommissioning them early next year. We are still a bit unsure about a few things and we have a lot to learn. It would be nice to be in contact with people who have experience and who would be eager to answer a question now and then. Would you please let me know how I can get in contact with you if you don’t mind.

@michaelgreen2163 Год назад

I have an irb 6400 with an s4c+ controller that I am trying to 3d print with. I would love to connect and see how you are doing it. I have not gotten much past getting the thing running yet.

@cattythecat9161 Год назад

Congrats to your new pet. train it well and dont forget to feed em. Its really impressive, how accurate these large robots can be.

@BrianBrocken Год назад

will certainly do so, thanks for the advice ;-)

@setag54321 Год назад

Tool Center Point: This is simply AMAZING....look at that thing go, with such precision!! WOW!

@Max_Marz Год назад

Seeing TCP working for the first time must have been such an incredible day.

@creativecomposites6193 Год назад

Wow that's great, so silent! A rotary table for the work bed might be nice.Very impressive!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thanks man, that would indeed be nice 😉👍

@MichaelPick Год назад

Dude this is epic! Can't wait to see more!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thanks man 😁

@newagetemplar6100 Год назад

Awesome, the accuracy is impressive to say the robots probably got quit a few thousand hours of use previously. I worked and installed large industrial laser cutting machines back in 2000’s , LDV /BYSRONIC , kinda lost touch now but think it’s nice to know there’s people like yourself having a go . 🇬🇧👍. Lots of respect

@DEtchells Год назад

Wow, easily the coolest thing I’ve seen on YT this year! Congrats on scoring it and mad props for getting it running again! (And holy moly, 16 *micron* repeatability?!? What kind of encoders does it have? (Even with the encoder on the input shaft and a high ratio on the harmonic drive, it seems insane to me that it can have that level of precision out at the end of the arm, after going through all the joints. Crazy tech!) (And I have no need whatever for such a thing let alone space to put it but I’m still intensely envious 😁)

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thank you very much 😁 i tested the repeatability by going to a far point, making sure all axis moved, and then returning to the test point. Did this about 15 times and 0.016 was the difference between the min and max. I also have no idea how they did this, I occasionally design and 3D-print different type of actuators myself and even getting it to mm level is very hard. Hats of to ABB for making something like this 😉👍

@hinz1 Год назад

36000 lines encoder is pretty normal stuff, 10x interpolation gives 360000, 360/360000 => 0.001°, which is about 0.017mm/m, about the accuracy that thing has. Also largely depends on whether it's like a knee joint or fully extended in rotation, with knee joint nearly straight, very little change in distance vs encoder angle. Put like a Haimer probe on that thing and test full 3D repeatability ;-) Or ball bar test, put like a ball bearing on a table like in 4:35 and dial indicator into the robot and look for circular error

@Spacefire Год назад

ABB uses analog resolvers to determine motor shaft angles. The signals from each resolver are evaluated by the Serial Measurement Board (SMB). The SMB also counts motor revolutions and sends the data to the motion controller. This calculates lots of stuff to compensate for mechanical things like flexing or vibration of the robot arm, so you can hit the bulls eye at low speed as well as full throttle.

@synony6 Год назад

That tool centre point is so satisfying

@dumdidumdumification Год назад

Jesus that is one behemoth of a contraption, awesome video.

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thanks man 😉👍

@dointh4198 Год назад

This is a great project! Much respect! Since I work a lot with CNC machines, I would consider this robot good enough for softer materials. With metal on the other hand you could likely run into problems with shattering.

@christopherjustin3939 4 месяца назад

Dito、epic。Something emotional about sprucing up a retired beast of a robot and bringing it back into service。No doubt its much more capable than we think。

@zer001 Год назад

Yes thats so cool! And i love the fact, that you wrote your own Application.

@mikaelkarlsson8522 Год назад

Nice work, good to see an old beast get a second life!

@blutadlerx Год назад

That's what was used at my old workplace (Automobile industry) to machine the cockpits of cars. Literally robots like this (just a bit smaller) who could machine all around the part, just in all axes :))

@user-cr4sc1ht9t Год назад

Looks incredibly useful for large scale mockups!

@donaldshannon3764 Год назад

Bringing back some fun memories at ABB in New Berlin and Auburn Hills from 20 plus years ago ...

@freespeech2261 4 месяца назад

I used to work at Jaguar Land Rover and would sometimes walk through the body shop just to marvel at the ABBs in action.

@Lysou Год назад

Great job! Can't wait to see this in 5 axis machining

@Thoxxxik Год назад

Two of those on each side of an old tank and you have yourself your personal own (Half-) Mech :-) Awesome work!

@GuildOfCalamity 5 месяцев назад

Good to see the old VB WinForms getting some love in Visual Studio.

@cnc3d Год назад

Awesome project and nice work creating your own software to generate your G-code and stream it. Inspirational work!

@kokoscom Год назад

It would be great if i could have access to such a robot... It can do so many things... New ones are.... quite expensive.. Great work Brian!!!

@lancelindquist8925 Год назад

Bro this is a dream project for me. Absolutely sick!

@Creative_Electronics Год назад

Leuke video weer Brian :) Ik heb gezien dat je je eigen website hebt, echt heel mooi! Ziet er super professioneel uit!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Merci man 😁👍

@AlexKall Год назад

Nice project! The 6400 are very nice robots! :)

@WNCworks Год назад

The 6400 series are built like a tank. I programmed and operated 2 of these at work since 2000. They ran at 3-4 meters/second lifting up to 90 pound parts 24 hours per day, 7 days per week with little issues. The would pace parts on a machine spindle with +/- .0025" accuracy. The motion sensitivity makes them relatively safe to work around, and they have welding software for oscillation. We used Schunk grippers on ours.

@turbo2ltr Год назад

I bought an old VMC with a punched tape reader. It also had a serial port so I wrote a drip feeder that looks surprisingly similar to yours. But I too had the issue where the controller would only take one command at a time so it had no ability to "merge" the path between commands so it would execute every line of code and stop then start processing the next line. Never did figure out how to fix it or if it was even fixable. Sadly I had to sell it at a loss. Great machine.

@BrianBrocken Год назад

That's unfortunate that you had to sell it 😕.

@timboerboom2693 Год назад

Netjes hoor!! Gaaf om te zien.

@stigmautomata Год назад

What a beautiful machine, truly

@joetkeshub Год назад

Admirable skills. Hat off. You give that huge robot a second life, another brain. Thank you for entertaining us and... of course instructing us as well Brian. I subscribed to your wonderful channel

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thank you very much Philibert 😁👍

@TheMadManPlace Год назад

You have just become the most envied and hated CNC garage hobbyist in history. My knee-jerk reaction is "I WANT ONE!!!"

@wills5482 Год назад

This so cool, I can think of many possibilities with one of these

@FourProngedFork Год назад

I love it as if it were an innocent pet or something. My heart is full of love

@turbine1974 5 месяцев назад

das ist unglaublich cool! Du bist ein echter Tüftler thumbs up!!!

@daniel635biturbo Год назад

That robot seems in really good condition, we have one very similar at work, in production since 1998. There is a between step Z0 instead of fine or z1. Z1 might round some corners, z0 should not, but neither stop at the point like fine. Nice job with the program conversion !!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thanks for the tip, i also found Z0 in the documentation but didn't find it on the controller, it goes from Z1 to fine, no Z0 in between.

@Spacefire Год назад

@@BrianBrocken Maybe it's only available since S4C+ but you can build your own! Declare a variable of type zonedata in program with a zone like 0.001mm. It's self-explanatory on the teach pendent. Or you edit the BASE.SYS and add something like "CONST zonedata z0 := [FALSE, 0.001, 0.001, 1, 0.001, 1, 0.1];"

@woodsplitter Год назад

Good job Brian! It's hard to understand from a 8 minute video how much work you put into it. Was it easy? Do you have all the knowledge? How long time did it take. I also assume that a computer for an ABB robot is not cheap. Nice to see and looking forward to see more usecases. 🙂👍

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thanks man. The previous video i made was released 6 months ago so that's about how long this project took to make (and it's still far from being finished). You'll never have all the knowledge, i think I just skimmed the top of the iceberg 😉, and you can find about anything on Ebay these days 😜.

@BobWill1846 Год назад

Man, I would love to see how the hell you even program this thing. what a machine!

@kokoscom Год назад

Inverse kinematics... are just amazing

@DKTAz00 Год назад

The way it dead stops at 4:30 looks eactly like the video froze. Very cool

@wald3mar Год назад

Nice work. Cool tool to have access to. 👍

@LungsMcGee Год назад

I would give my right arm for one of these. Thanks for sharing. Thumbs up.

@kamasnurka Год назад

Een knap staaltje techniek ... proficiat met dit project 👏

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Merci Ronny 😜

@supahfly_uk Год назад

You've got a gem there.

Год назад

A man cave with arcade cabinets and f*king functioning robotic arm. Now i have seen everything.

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Yeah, those don't work unfortunately (yet). Bought them at the auction for 50 euro. One has a fried EPROM and the other is missing some boards. These are the projects for when I have a lot of spare time (won't happen very soon😬)

@manuelmaerki Год назад

Crazy ingenious ! the proof that recycling is possible

@badger_claws Год назад

Amazing work!

@vex123 Год назад

Cool stuff. I started out using a Motoman SK arm that still used floppy and serial communication. But I remember the user interface (forget what the term was) was really intuitive.

@iamthemoss Год назад

That is awesome, those are dangerous machines!

@Bp1033 Год назад

Awesome. I've always wanted to acquire a giant robot arm, but I'm also respectfully afraid of its raw power.

@bigbird2100 Год назад

Great video 👍 The robot arm is the best way to do CNC,if the memory restriction could be resolved it would be amazing fast.Edge precision has the same restriction on his Mazak.

@codprawn Год назад

Seriously cool I would love one!

@tamachining Год назад

I’m subbing in hopes for more of this robot. My dream is an ABB or KUKA cnc router just like this.

@jimturpin Год назад

Love the "rescue" robot project. Every guys shop ought to have one! Lol!

@anthonystownsend Год назад

This is so amazing!!!

@marcwolf60 Год назад

I am really tempted as one of our auto manufacturers have closed down and there are a few of these on the market...

@latebloomer2 Год назад

Watching this remind me to Kobelco welding robot that are used in company where I work, they keep working during lunch break😆

@toxaq 5 месяцев назад

Amazing stuff!

@elmal101 Год назад

Engineers are Magicians!

@oaks348 Год назад

A CNC mill is dandy, but this has the accuracy to become an EDM machine!

@myshopmyrules.3017 Год назад

Years back i had the chance to get a smaller ABB arm for about 500$. I always wanted to turn one into a 3d printer.

@einteilvonallemallesistein2426 Год назад

Tolle Arbeit.👍🏻

@Bumle Год назад

Awesome job!

@jackmclane1826 Год назад

This is great for all processes that don't produce a significant load on the tool, because robots arms are not stiff enough to take these without bending. If you take a 20mm endmill and chew into steel, it will be chatter hell. But for foam and 3D printing... awesome!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

It's only intended to mill foam. Might experiment a bit with some wood as well at a lower speed, that'll be it.

@Willeexd1337 Год назад

Insane project

@mnkrck Год назад

Really nice :) These machines are surprisingly affordable if bought used/broken. I would not be able to fix them, thou. I talked with an ABB sales rep and the guy told me that you have to set them up inside a confined area like a cage. They also do not come with a CE certificate so you have to bring in somebody from TÜV to carry out the technical acceptance. But maybe thats just the german party pooper way :D

@lexel90 Год назад

i can tell you the fencing is not for the robot but to kep dumb humans away from it, cause it would barely notice you while it´s pushing you through the fence to keep the robot where it should be you have to limit it´s range with software and hardware limits and about CE, a robot in itself is forbidden to have a CE marking as it is a "unvollständige Maschine" only a robot cell as a whole will get an CE even a robot with its process equipment can´t get a CE according to the "Maschinenrichtline" even as it is no longer a "unvollständige Maschine"

@andrewallen9993 Год назад

My kukas are happy to throw around 200kgs. It wouldn't even notice punching you in the face.

@JackHeslewood Год назад

This is incredible!

@meinkamph5327 Год назад

I like the jump shot at :47 Where you transferred the grime from the robot too the floor.... .

@bigmechanics Год назад

quiet a work my friend ! 🔨

@dadbodforlife Год назад

I used to install, maintain and program these robots. ABB was the easiest brand to work with.

@plc_memes Год назад

Subscribed, which is a bad idea. I have a complete Fanuc M16i RJ3 cell that I bought with a project like this in mind. I decided to part it out when I realized much work the project would be. But maybe...

@steveman1982 Год назад

Wauw, dat is dus echt super cool!

@kurtclark8560 Год назад

Nice Job. I have a kuka kr210 that I mounted a plasma torch on, but haven’t gotten around to a spindle yet. I think that putting your spindle inline with your sixth axis costs you an axis. Usually you see them at a 90 degree angle. I think you are much more likely to encounter a singularity this way.

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thanks man 😁. Axis 5 is now at 90 degrees. If i put axis 5 at 0 degrees (straight) and use a 90 degrees bracket for the spindle then axis 3 and 5 are more likely to get in line with each other when you come up to the height of the arm and cause a singularity. If you put axis 5 at 0 degrees and make a linear move up, it'll always cross the singularity point. If you put axis 5 at 90 degrees and make a linear move up, it'll never cross this singularity point.

@youdroidsgetoffmylawn Год назад

Setting the spindle bracket up at 15 degrees off the mounting plate is helps out Adding an error handling routine to get past any singularity issues. Usually a small repositioning or path change is all that's necessary.

@shanerobinson1133 Год назад

Mate, that is the bollocks. Skills. 👌

@diGritz1 Год назад

The entire concept of Skynet coming out of some US military program is ridiculous. This is how Skynet took it's first tentative steps towards extinguishing all human life. And I get to say, I was there at the beginning. I hope your proud of yourself.

@xenophilie Год назад

Total cost? I've always wanted a kuka arm. Something about the complex movement and all the joints makes them feel organic and alive when they move autonomously.

@andrewallen9993 Год назад

If you are in South Africa I have some and I'm willing to full maintenance lease at R7500.00 per month :)

@Loneman_OG Год назад

I can't believe I just watched a 2-ton robot arm carrying out an intricate task with such precision that it makes me writing my name freehand with a pen look like a Neanderthal using a rock! UGG!!! BASH!!! UGG!!! 😳 😄👍

@AlexKall Год назад

That is also a very good description for my handwriting 😂

@southborders2916 Год назад

i love this video keep going, great job

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thanks man ;-)

@VarunPant3 Год назад

God this is amazing work !!!!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Thank you 👍

@AdvancedGT Год назад

Very cool project! Have you tried machining some wood or MDF? With a smaller stickout endmill it could do quite well

@andreasflensmark8616 Год назад

Really cool, hope you get to a point where we can see the robot doing more than just 3 axis

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Hope so too 👍

@jok3yjesu339 Год назад

The new durr robots are wicked but also really really expensive I work around them the accuracy is amazing

@agepbiz Год назад

That is so cool!

@1.4142 Год назад

Like using a tractor to do surgery

@zonemyparkour Год назад

Hahahhahahaha, that's a really good analogy.

@CoolAsFreya Год назад

Yes and no, weight wise the analogy is great but a tractor doesn't have sub-millimeter accuracy like a robot arm!

@zonemyparkour Год назад

@@CoolAsFreya I meant in terms of overdoing task at hand, and its capabilities. Not about precision. Simple 3D mill with couple nema 17 and aluminium extrusions would cut this foam just as easily. Hell, even a 3D printed robotic arm would do the trick and cost 10 times less at least.

@conorstewart2214 Год назад

@@zonemyparkour they may just be using foam for testing and may use other materials later. There is a very good chance that a 3D printed robot arm won’t be as precise as this unless you spend a lot on proper gearboxes but you still have to deal with the arm flexing.

@felixtrefzer3893 Год назад

@@zonemyparkour true but I don’t believe the hole point of that video is to make the cheapest and easiest way. In my opinion it’s to show that he get it running and can program the Maschine. He can use that Maschine for things much more than a 3d printed home mad arme is capable.

@dadjake Год назад

This is super cool. What'd you pay for the robot, if you don't mind me asking, and how much time did it take in total from getting it, to having it work?

@sutok Год назад

Incredible work! I've got a 6400 foundry incoming to my workshop and it's going to become an art installation before it's retired to join my other cncs cutting things. Would really love to pick your brains about the whole thing at some point if that's ok? 🙂

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Sure! You can send me an email. My email adres can be found on my RU-vid channel or on my website, see link in the description.

@sutok Год назад

@@BrianBrocken amazing thanks a lot 🙏

@jayj_mechanics3972 Год назад

De meeste geluiden die het frezen gaven lieten me haren rechtop staan als verspaningstechnoloog. Maar hee wat is dit vet zeg, volgens mijn een flink partijtje moeite in gestoken om het een beetje te laten werken. Super knap!

@BrianBrocken Год назад

Ik heb de verkeerde lijm gebruikt om de platen op elkaar te lijmen, deze was redelijk dik en harde volledig uit. Dit zijn de geluiden die je hoort. In zuivere isomo is dit geluid veel beter 😜