I recently had the luck to come across a Clearpath Jackal chassis on the Facebook marketplace. The Jackal is a very common research and development UGV, however models from Clearpath can cost upwards of $18,000. Needless to say, I got the chassis at a much lower price point. There are various issues with the chassis,Continue reading “Clearpath Jackal UGV: Beginnings”
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AR4-MK3: The Build
The AR4-MK3 is a well-featured open-plan 6 DOF arm designed by Chris Annin of Annin robotics. Annin Robotics – open source 6 axis robots you can build yourself The AR4-MK3 is used as a teaching aid, research platform, and general hobbyist robotic arm. This blog post dives into what it took to assemble the robotContinue reading “AR4-MK3: The Build”
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”
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