DynaMyte DM2000 CNC Mill

The DynaMyte DM2000 is a miniature desktop mill from the 80s that was set up for CNC control. There were other various models, including the highly sought after DM2400 with a larger workspace. The hallmark of all of their machines is their high rigidity and sheer heft, which is in direct opposition to the recentContinue reading “DynaMyte DM2000 CNC Mill”

Cable-Driven Parallel Robot Simulation

Cable Driven Parallel Robots (CDPR) are lightweight, versatile, and have benefits that let them compete with gantry style and serial-arm manipulators. A CDPR is a mechanism with an end effector that is oriented and translated through tensioning flexible cables, rather than rotating solid links of a classic industrial robotic arm. Because CDPRs do not haveContinue reading “Cable-Driven Parallel Robot Simulation”

OpenCV, ROS-I, & ABB IRB1600 Industrial Arm

In my industrial robotics course at WPI my team and I worked to implement an object-following industrial arm using OpenCV, ROS-I, and an ABB IRB1600 arm. The premise of the work came from our senior design and fabrication project, where we intend to have a robot ‘observe’ invasive lionfish. To demonstrate progress on the visionContinue reading “OpenCV, ROS-I, & ABB IRB1600 Industrial Arm”