Devlog 0

have to do a devlog 0 since i started workin on this before i knew about this event

My basic goal with this project is just to learn and get better at CAD and coding by actually building something, not to create something crazy innovative.

The current goal of the project is to build a 2 segment robotic arm, that can be controlled using desktop software, sending 3D coordinates to an arduino which then computes the motor angles. (having just 2 segments means i can use a simple trigonometric ik- solver)

So far I have the basic software done, made using PyQt, Pyserial and matplotlib (see picture), aswell as the ik solver in the arduino IDE. Since you need some time captured in hackatime/lapse to post a devlog, the current tracked time is mostly dicking around with color settings in PyQt and starting some templates in Fusion

what im planning to do now:

• Finish the cad Model
• Order Motors, Drivers, etc.
• Integrate the motor controls into the aruino code
  -> Probably ship the project

-> if im not tired of it, expand every aspect to fit a 6 DoF robotic arm and ship that as a new project.

once again, this project is just to learn and not anything impressive, thx for reading and to the competition organisors.