Hi I am just wiring up my AR3 robot (it's been a long time making it...) and I'm wondering if my wires are long enough, what movement limits should the joints be able to reach?
I have followed the instructions so far pretty much to the letter but I did notice upon wiring up the final j6 joint that the specified lengths of coax cable covering, say 18", when slipped over the wires, became more like 10". I was not sure whether this was accounted for in the instructions so I ended up in a couple of cases cutting off more than the specified coaxial cable covering length to allow for some contraction so I ended up with lengths close to the specified ones.
I figure as long as it can rotate properly to all the positions it's supposed to my wire lengths will be fine, hence my question - how far are the joints supposed to rotate?
Thanks for any help. I sure have learnt a lot about machining making this.
Hello, the axis limits are shown here and are also a setting in the software on the kinematics tab. As long as you have enough slack for these rotations and the arc length of your cable runs are similar to what is shown in the manual you should be fine.
Thank you Chris just to confirm so Joint 1 for example requires (170+170) 340 degrees of total movement, and J2 would require 132 degrees, from the limit switches?
