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Easy Peasy Robotic Arm

An easy, programmable robotic arm made from cardboard to perform random things.

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Easy Peasy Robotic Arm

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Hot glue gun (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)
Multitool, Screwdriver
Multitool, Screwdriver
Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Solder Wire, Lead Free
Solder Wire, Lead Free
BRAIN aka DIMAAG...

Story

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Custom parts and enclosures

2nd step

if u have done it successfully its a easy task to do the final one!

Schematics

1st step

just see and don't get confused!

Code

servo_arm_code.ino

C/C++
Paste it, arrange the hardware according to schematics and then u can see the 1032498274TH wonder of world
// it is pretty inefficient, but gets the job done, I challenge you to make it more efficient!

//*IMPORTANT CHANGES IN VERSION 2: LEDs 4 and 5 have been moved to pins 7 and 8 respectively; Buttons 1 and 2 have been moved to pins 12 and 13 respectively. This is to make wiring easier.

#include <Servo.h>

Servo servo1; //Servos
Servo servo2;
Servo servo3;

const int LED1 = 2; //LEDs
const int LED2 = 3;
const int LED3 = 4;
const int LED4 = 7;
const int LED5 = 8;

const int button1 = 12; //Buttons
const int button2 = 13;

int button1Presses = 0; //Button values
boolean button2Pressed = false;

const int pot1 = A0; //Potentimeters
const int pot2 = A1; 
const int pot3 = A2;

int pot1Val; //Potentimeter values
int pot2Val;
int pot3Val;
int pot1Angle;
int pot2Angle;
int pot3Angle;

int servo1PosSaves[] = {1,1,1,1,1}; //position saves
int servo2PosSaves[] = {1,1,1,1,1};
int servo3PosSaves[] = {1,1,1,1,1};

void setup() {
  servo1.attach(5); // Set up everything and will run once; attach servos and define the pin modes
  servo2.attach(6);
  servo3.attach(9);
  
  pinMode(LED1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LED2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LED3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LED4, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LED5, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(button1, INPUT);
  pinMode(button2, INPUT);

  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly: 
  pot1Val = analogRead(pot1); // This will read the values from the potentimeters and store it...
  pot1Angle = map(pot1Val, 0, 1023, 0, 179); // ... and this will map the values from the potentiometers to values the servos can use and store it for later use
  pot2Val = analogRead(pot2); 
  pot2Angle = map(pot2Val, 0, 1023, 0, 179);
  pot3Val = analogRead(pot3);
  pot3Angle = map(pot3Val, 0, 1023, 0, 179);
  
  servo1.write(pot1Angle); // These will make the servos move to the mapped angles
  servo2.write(pot2Angle);
  servo3.write(pot3Angle);
  
  if(digitalRead(button1) == HIGH){ // This will check how many times button1 is pressed and save the positions to an array depending on how many times it is pressed; switch/case works like a if statement
    button1Presses++;
    switch(button1Presses){
      case 1:
        servo1PosSaves[0] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSaves[0] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSaves[0] = pot3Angle;
        digitalWrite(LED1, HIGH);
        Serial.println("Pos 1 Saved");
        break;
      case 2:
         servo1PosSaves[1] = pot1Angle;
         servo2PosSaves[1] = pot2Angle;
         servo3PosSaves[1] = pot3Angle;
         digitalWrite(LED2, HIGH);
         Serial.println("Pos 2 Saved");
         break;
      case 3:
         servo1PosSaves[2] = pot1Angle;
         servo2PosSaves[2] = pot2Angle;
         servo3PosSaves[2] = pot3Angle;
         digitalWrite(LED3, HIGH);
         Serial.println("Pos 3 Saved");
         break;
       case 4:
         servo1PosSaves[3] = pot1Angle;
         servo2PosSaves[3] = pot2Angle;
         servo3PosSaves[3] = pot3Angle;
         digitalWrite(LED4, HIGH);
         Serial.println("Pos 4 Saved");
         break;
       case 5:
         servo1PosSaves[4] = pot1Angle;
         servo2PosSaves[4] = pot2Angle;
         servo3PosSaves[4] = pot3Angle;
         digitalWrite(LED5, HIGH);
         Serial.println("Pos 5 Saved");
         break;
    }
  }

  if(digitalRead(button2) == HIGH){ // Pretty self-explnatory here
    button2Pressed = true;   
  }
  
  if(button2Pressed){ // if the boolean button2Press is true, then the servos will run though all their saved positions
    for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
        servo1.write(servo1PosSaves[i]);
        servo2.write(servo2PosSaves[i]);
        servo3.write(servo3PosSaves[i]);
        Serial.println(" potentimeter Angles: ");
        Serial.println(servo1PosSaves[i]);
        Serial.println(servo2PosSaves[i]);
        Serial.println(servo3PosSaves[i]);
        delay(1050);
      }
  }
  delay(300);
} 

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