Re: motorized arm engineering contest

Aug 22, 2003 2 Replies

Some people may say this is a cheap way of getting your projects completed for you. Some people may also say that there is more chance of meeting Elvis than seeing the $500.



I am an engineer for a company who has to design a motorized arm for a
> client asap. I would like to get some help from other engineers in
> developing the procedures of the control software for optimum
> precision at rated speed. I am a good coder, but not very experienced
> in motor control. Due to the high operational inertia and precision
> guidance requirements of this arm, I will need more than encoder
> feedback and will need speed management software on a desktop pc
> computer that will convert cartesian coordinate data to motor speed
> data before operation. A picture of the arm and description are at
>
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Whoever contacts me with the best control
> procedure information regarding this project by Sept. 1 will be
> awarded $500. If you need any more details about the contest email me
> at snipped-for-privacy@surfy.net
>
> Thanks,
> Kyle Miller
> (941) 488-9818

This is not a difficult problem at all. I wouldn't say you have a high- inertia system at all. Maybe when you get all the parts on there.

You should be able to handle it without any particular problems. Take a look at

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I built an x-y stage and machined toy robot parts out of paneling about a year ago. See
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In article , Alan Kilian wrote: See

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I'm not sure why this one didn;t get through.

You can also see:

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