Description

The Braccio++ kit from Arduino is a revolutionary new robotic arm tailor-made for advanced high school and university students, studying the sciences, industrial science, or technology.
The Braccio++ is blazing the trail for students to get their teeth into real-world manufacturing techniques – and you’ll find that there’s not much this robotic arm can’t do! In addition to the open-source hardware, there’s an e-learning platform with step-by-step instructions, lessons, and other learning materials.

Details

Key benefits of the Braccio++ robotic arm kit

Fully optimised and capable of almost anything
You’ll quickly learn that there’s not a lot this robotic arm with five degrees of freedom isn’t capable of. Braccio++ is fully optimised and can be assembled in several ways for multiple tasks, such as moving objects, mounting a camera, and tracking your movements, or attaching a solar panel and tracking the movement of the sun.

A rich learning experience with no limits
Students will learn the about manufacturing processes, product design, robotics, and automation through recreating a replica of an industrial robot used on an assembly line. Students will also learn real life applications of physical concepts through lifting, placing, and rotating an item. These concepts include motions, forces, torque, gear ratios, stability, and weight of payload. There are almost no limits to its uses.

Expansive and customisable
Tailor the Braccio++ to suit your learning needs. The Braccio++ offers a plethora of expansive possibilities straight out of the box!

Step-by-step instructions made for students
In addition to the open-source hardware in the kit, students will also have access to an e-learning platform with step-by-step instructions, lessons, and other learning materials. The student-optimised content that accompanies Braccio++ covers kinematics, dynamics, and control at university. For high school, it also covers computer-integrated manufacturing.

Curriculum aligned content
The content that accompanies Braccio++ covers kinematics, dynamics, and control. For high school, it also covers computer-integrated manufacturing.

The learning outcomes from Braccio++ include (but aren’t limited to):

• Kinematic chains
• Mathematical tools for kinematics and the dynamics of robot arms
• Methods to reason about 3-dimensional space and relationships between coordinate frames
• Delivering a payload to a specified location
• The geometry and mathematical representation of rigid body motion
• Forward and inverse kinematics of articulated mechanical arms
• Trajectory generation
• Manipulator dynamics
• Actuation and design issues
• Manipulator control

What’s included in the Braccio++ kit?

• Assembly parts, screws, nuts, springs, and a screwdriver
• Six Arduino RS485 Smart Servo Motors (four SR418D servo motors which control the arm joints, and two SR312 servo motors which control the claw)
• Arduino Braccio Carrier
• Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect
• A printed guide on how to assemble the kit, make it work with the motors, and upload your first sketches

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