Ooi_Yan_Liang
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Miniature RoboticArm

A miniature three degrees of freedom robotic arm that you can even record the movement and loop it!

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Miniature RoboticArm

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Servos (Tower Pro MG996R)
×1
Rotary potentiometer (generic)
Rotary potentiometer (generic)
×1
RGB Diffused Common Cathode
RGB Diffused Common Cathode
×1
Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1
Cardboard & plastic platform
×1
Tactile button
×1
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
×1
Cable Ties (10 Pack)
OpenBuilds Cable Ties (10 Pack)
×1
String
×1

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Hot glue gun (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)
Scissors

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Schematics

Schematic

Contains all components. This is my first time using Fritzing, sorry if it is not perfect because I learn as I do.

Code

Code for miniature robotics arm

Arduino
Code for potentiometer, button, servo motors and RGB led.
#include <Servo.h>
Servo servo1;
Servo servo2;
Servo servo3;

const int potpin1 = A0;
const int potpin2 = A1;
const int potpin3 = A2;

const int button1 = 2;
const int button2 = 10;



int val1;
int val2;
int val3;

int button1Pressed = 0;
boolean button2Pressed = false;



int pot1Angle;
int pot2Angle;
int pot3Angle;


int servo1PosSave[10];
int servo2PosSave[10];
int servo3PosSave[10];


int saves;

void setup() {
  pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(5, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(6, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600);
  servo1.attach(7);
  servo2.attach(8);
  servo3.attach(9);

  pinMode(button1, INPUT);
  pinMode(button2, INPUT);

  saves = -1;
}



void loop() {
  digitalWrite(4,HIGH);
  digitalWrite(5, LOW);
  digitalWrite(6, LOW);
  
  val1 = analogRead(potpin1);
  val2 = analogRead(potpin2);
  val3 = analogRead(potpin3);



  pot1Angle = map (val1, 0, 1023, 0, 179);
  pot2Angle = map (val2, 0, 1023, 30, 90);
  pot3Angle = map (val3, 0, 1023, 110, 50);

  
  servo1.write(pot1Angle);
  servo2.write(pot2Angle);
  servo3.write(pot3Angle);

  if(digitalRead(button1) == HIGH){
    button1Pressed++;
    switch(button1Pressed){
      case 1:
        servo1PosSave[0] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[0] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[0] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #1 Saved");
       {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 0;
        break;
      case 2:
        servo1PosSave[1] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[1] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[1] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #2 Saved");
       {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 1;
        break;
      case 3:
        servo1PosSave[2] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[2] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[2] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #3 Saved");
       {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 2;
        break;
      case 4:
        servo1PosSave[3] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[3] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[3] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #4 Saved");
        {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 3;
        break;
      case 5:
        servo1PosSave[4] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[4] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[4] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #5 Saved");
        {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 4;
        break;
      case 6:
        servo1PosSave[5] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[5] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[5] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #6 Saved");
        {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 5;
        break;
      case 7:
        servo1PosSave[6] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[6] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[6] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #7 Saved");
        {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 6;
        break;
      case 8:
        servo1PosSave[7] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[7] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[7] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #8 Saved");
        {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 7;
        break;
      case 9:
        servo1PosSave[8] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[8] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[8] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #9 Saved");
        {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 8;
        break;
      case 10:
        servo1PosSave[9] = pot1Angle;
        servo2PosSave[9] = pot2Angle;
        servo3PosSave[9] = pot3Angle;
        Serial.println("Position #10 Saved");
        {digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);}
        delay(500);
        saves = 9;
        break;
        default: 
        for(int i=0;i<4; i++){
        digitalWrite(4,HIGH);
        digitalWrite(5, LOW);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);
        delay(200);
        digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5, LOW);
        digitalWrite(6, LOW);
        delay(200);
        }
        
  }}

  
  if(digitalRead(button2) == HIGH){
    button2Pressed = true;
  }

  
  if(button2Pressed){
    digitalWrite(4,LOW);
    digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(6, HIGH);
    for (int i =0; i<=saves; i++){
      servo1.write(servo1PosSave[i]);
      servo2.write(servo2PosSave[i]);
      servo3.write(servo3PosSave[i]);
      delay(500);
    }
  }
  delay(500);
  

}

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