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Inverse Kinematic

This is a 2 part question on Revolution Six.

1. Has anyone added servos to Six to give it 18 dof?
2. Has anyone added code for inverse kinematics to improve the gait?


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#3  
Thanks for the link. The question was tagged as c++ because I thought I might need to write some code. I'm still thinking arduino where I supplied the x y z coordinates and calculated the servo angle. It looks like ARC is much easier if I can get my brain around it and transition from arduino.
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#4  
Oh! I fully understand. Fully!

ARC is a whole new way of thinking for those who come from the Arduino world. ARC provides controls, and each control is a behavior, similar to how the ROS (Robot Operating System) works, but with pretty graphics instead of complicated programming, compilers, cryptic errors and linux *shiver*. If you WANT to program c++ or C#, you can make your own controls in ARC, which are called plugins. And you can also write EZ-Script or Blockly to build off the extensibility of the ARC controls.

Find more information in the activities guide, which introduces ARC, controls, scripting, movement panel, and of course ControlCommand.
#5  
Since I had 12 servos with SIX I decided to try a quad with 12DOF, 3 on each leg. I put together the gait with ARC and it all worked will. The 3 servos on the leg seem to have too mucxh preasure as they were humming. So I will go back to the original SIX configuration.

If anyone wants to experiment I uploaded it to EZ-Cloud as Quadruped 12DOF. I've only had Six for 2 weeks and this was my first attempt at building with the Auto Position control so don't judge.:)

It was a great learning experience.
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#6  
This upcoming week ez-robot is offering a limited time upgrade to the latest HDD servos for existing revolution robot owners. If you want to run additional servos, i would highly recommend upgrading to the HDD, as they don't make any noise (no humming) and can't burn out due to internal protection circuits.

#7  
These new servos will be awesome... I am planning on buying a couple of developer's kits and some extra servos with my next ez robot order....:)
#8  
DJ, is there a link to that upgrade offer? I don't see it in the store, and if you posted in the forum already, I missed it (or is this something upcoming that isn't posted yet?)

Alan
#9  
When will the robots ship with the new servos, specifically JD?
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#10  
@jmp all robots ship with HDD's for the last 2 weeks. All servos (not micros) are HDD. EZ-Robot will no longer ship HD servos. EZ-Robot only ships HDD servos.

You can look at any product to read the specifications of HDD servos.

@techguru it is not "This upcoming week" yet:) I'll post a thread
#11  
Would that Upgrade offer apply even if I bought my Revolution Six through Brookstone?
#12  

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@techguru it is not "This upcoming week" yet Smile I'll post a thread


Thanks, wasn't sure if I missed something or was just mis-reading.

Alan
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#13  
Yeah I'm a bit confused. Am I to understand the revolution robots and the development kids contain the Hdd servos right now, and the single servos will be available soon?
#14  
@Will The HDD servos are also available now in the store... All kits contain them as well...
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#15  
Huh...I would have thought more fan fair on its release. Oh well, time for some more development kits!
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#17  
Ok now I am confused... lol what happened.... with gotta stop working 100 hrs a week on these films..whose on first ?!?
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#18  
Robots are first:)

I ment patience regarding the promo on the servos. Robot Program video coming soon
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#19  
Got it! And you are right robots first!
#21  
I just couldn't wait and bought HDD servos for my JD and just have to say the results were fantastic! No more buzzing or humming Jd burnt our protection is a great feature.

@DJ... Excellent work

Frank
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#22  
Just bought 3 hdd servos for one of my Alan's will test this weekend.
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