Build Your Own Butler Robot!!! - Tutorial,Photos, and Video

Step 34 Getting the Gripper for the Left Robot Arm

The gripper that will be used was taken from one of those robot arm extender toys. Make sure the gripper is motorized.

Comments

[hantly]

 where can i get one of these? would one of those proper robotic arms work like this one if not where can i get one of them and is there a way of making the arm bend? other than thatg this robot is awsome i want to make it so bad and add a few twists :P :) (if i can lol)

[The Wizard of Cause]

I used to own something similar to that when I was young. It was called "Super Armitron." Its really just a toy. The gripper arm was very weak and very slow. It was tons of fun for playing with action figures, but not much for real gripping. However I imagine you could probably rig it up with some stronger parts if you were clever enough.

You can probably still find them either online or at a science/discovery store. As I remember, I got it as a xmas gift and it only cost around thirty bucks or so back in the 90s.

[conrad2468]

thinkgeek.com i think they sell those arms.

[hantly]

 or is there any way of giving it more of a proper robot arm.so it could do more stuff. please help and how would i add this to the software. thanks. once again great robot!