Hi all, Some fascinating designs here and inspiring to see some very elegant design solutions. Below is my diy camera rig for a friend, his work photograph large historic documents, their photo stitching software required one pivoting camera as it does not seem to understand a fixed camera array. After months of design, learning fusion 360 and now about Gcode senders, this is my current progress. My question: When designing something, how do you avoid over complication and multiple prototypes with trial and error ? My designs get simpler over time, however it's a constant battle to get efficient designs with low part counts and build-ability. Thanks again, your robot arms look really solid and efficient. The aluminium extrusion design was V1, rather overbuilt concept
https://anninrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Newbie-automated-camera-mount.avif
https://anninrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Newbie-automated-camera-mount_2.avif
https://anninrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Newbie-automated-camera-mount_3.avif
And the very first design. Again, huge part counts adding to weight, cost and build time.
https://anninrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Newbie-automated-camera-mount_4.avif
Very nice !
