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6 DOF robotic arm 12 volt gear motor driven tracked chassis with 10 pound capactiy 12 volt 6 amp hour battery

Im going to use a DROK step down to lower the voltage where i like it for the servo's, and use an H bridge getting 12 volts to run the motors for the chassis.

Is there a way to interface this camerai bought for my Rpi3 so it will work in ARC ? Its a waveshare http://www.amazon.com/Waveshare-Raspberry-Camera-Vision-Raspberry-pi/dp/B00N9YWLHE?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages02

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The arm didnt come with a gripper, but i have a few to tinker with. I waited a month for them to come from china, only to find out they didnt come with a servo. So waiting on servo's to come in the mail.

Interesting note: Chinese people call servos "tuo machines"

Also, i will look into turning the RPI3 and camera into a webcam server and integrate that feed into the ARC software. I do have the ez-b camera, and i will use that for tracking etc... but i really need a higher res camera

Now i realize it would have been easier to just buy a wireless IP camera, but maybe i can find more for the rpi3 to do than just run the camera

I have an adafruit pan/tilt servo camera mount i plan to mount the rpi3 camera on as well

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do you have EZHD servos, do you know if they fit your robot arm ? What kind of servos you will use ? if you get a compatible gripper, let me know.

i have a RPI, camera and the adafruit pan/tilt (you will need some spacers to connect the camera), it's a simple setup and basically works independently of the robot hardware.

i plan to add some bright led lights for night vision and a photocell to improve the setup.

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The robotic arm came with servo's. there are 6 total. Two 9 gram and four 55 gram servos, which are all tower pro cheapo's i may end up upgrading.

Im still waiting on the servo for this gripper arm to come in the mail, and yes it bolts directly to the end of the 6dof arm. I am very unhappy with robotshop.com which is where i ordered the gripper kit seen in the pic below. The listing showed a servo was included, and nowhere did it say it wasnt included. As soon as i complained they changed the ad and offered me a 5% discount on my next purchase.

http://www.robotshop.com/en/lynxmotion-a-style-gripper-kit.html

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