Saturday, February 14, 2009

lynx 5 robotic arm micro servo


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Originally uploaded by ajpetrella68
I was operating the arm normally, picking up and dropping an object and all of the sudden: SMOKE! i immediately switched off the power input and upon my dissection of the micro servo i found all wires and micro processors fried like chicken with cheese armor. good news is lynxmotion.com is covering it under warranty! finally one thing in my life goes right...

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Lynx 5 Arm from lynxmotion.com


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Originally uploaded by ajpetrella68
Lynx 5 Arm from lynxmotion.com ; so far i have put it together sucessfully and found that it really can't hold that much weight as it is constructed of inferior plastics and servo motors that don't hold much. i have already stripped the micro servo used for opening and closing the claw but the good news is lynxmotion has good customer service but on the other hand, pricey parts and shipping. i'm also looking into getting another micro servo and bracket used to rotate the claw 360 degrees. so far i'm having fun breaking it....