4 DoF mechanical arm mounted on a tripod

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Description:
We want to design an arm which can be mounted on a tripod as shown in the attached image. The total length of the arm is going to be 1.5m from pivot to end effector. For the movement of the joints please refer the other image. The total weight of the arm and the mechanism has to be less than 3kg. The payload is going to be less than 300 grams.
Your job is to design the underlying mechanism which can drive this arm as smoothly as possible. The deliverables are going to be CAD of the mechanism and BOM and anything else which will be required to prototype the arm.

The project will only begin with this contest and the designer will be hired for continuation of the project.
Wants:
The evaluation criteria will be:
1. Number of components used
2. Simplicity of the mechanism
3.Reliability of the mechanism
4. Material used
5. Aesthetics
Don't Wants:
We do not want renders or creative visualisations.

Entries

= Buyer's Rating
1st Winner
#354DOF SCARA arm design with Cycloidal drives - RESUBMISSIONbyGalaxyRobotics
Aug 23, 2020 20:46
#224DOF tripod mounted armbyangel1
Declined
Jul 11, 2020 22:48
#26Robotic Arm - Manualbywalxo
Aug 17, 2020 9:15
#29First Design Attemptbyahmadnazree
Aug 21, 2020 11:59
#214DOF SCARA arm design with Cycloidal drives - FINAL (2)byGalaxyRobotics
Jul 11, 2020 20:04
#324 DOF Mechanical Arm.byAbhishek_Ranjan
Aug 22, 2020 16:47
#36First Design Attempt - Complete Assembly with Fastenerbyahmadnazree
Aug 24, 2020 2:59
#38Mecha Arm by Ridwan SeptbyRidwan Sept
Aug 24, 2020 5:22
#39机械手臂Ridwan SeptbyRidwan Sept
Aug 26, 2020 8:36
#3Tripod ArmsbyIam_softman
Declined
Jun 26, 2020 14:25
#4Tripod ArmsbyIam_softman
Declined
Jun 26, 2020 14:48
#64 DOF with Two Drivers MechanismbyRamaKD
Jun 30, 2020 11:22
#104 DOF with Two Drivers Mechanism (Revision)byRamaKD
Declined
Download Files
    Jul 1, 2020 12:03
    #12Mechanical Arm V2bysherifelsheikh
    Jul 1, 2020 19:41
    #134DOF SCARA arm design with Cycloidal drivesbyGalaxyRobotics
    Jul 2, 2020 19:52
    #14Simple Minimalist and Heavy Mechanical arm mounted on a tripodbySteven wijay
    Jul 4, 2020 19:11
    #154 DOF with Two Drivers Mechanism (Adjusted)byRamaKD
    Jul 6, 2020 10:38
    #194_DOF_Mechanical_Arm_Burhanbyburhanp
    Jul 11, 2020 17:20
    #204DOF SCARA arm design with Cycloidal drives - FINAL (1)byGalaxyRobotics
    Jul 11, 2020 19:58

    Discussion

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    Sam_Mayo Eng.

    Designer

    Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:52:30 +0000
    Is there any update about the contest?

    Sam_Mayo Eng.

    Designer

    Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:35:43 +0000
    I'm working on it, I will submit my design soon.
    Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:08:33 +0000
    Are available to design a mechanism which fully driven by pneumatic circuit?

    Gurpreet_Singh

    Designer

    Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:11:18 +0000
    Hey, can you provide more details on the end effecter's use and what could be the source of arm movement like motors, mechanical links etc?

    Steven wijay

    Designer

    Wed, 05 Aug 2020 08:46:14 +0000
    Hi @Lucian and IBM Resereach. Thankyou for extend this contest. But if possible, as engineering design, this is need more compex information. All of designer got less information. so we are a bit confused where we have to go. what type of motor you are using for. this is will impact the total weight. as you know we are using random motor for make the arm move. we have to know where we go, what part that we use. so we design base what you are using, not what we want because this is your project. so we are actually follow your requirment. please understand this. im really happy if i can do contribution on your project. but i need more design requirment.

    Thankyou all. Keep safe right.

    Best

    Steven

    Lucian

    Administrator

    Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:25:02 +0000
    Hi all,

    We talked to the client and extended the contest a few more weeks so you can come up with more ideas, so he could choose a winner at the end of the contest.

    He will give more feedback on why some of the entries do not meet the requirements.

    Thanks,
    Lucian

    IBG Research

    Buyer

    Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:34:08 +0000
    @Walxo As I said earlier, we were looking for innovative ideas and not copy-pasted ones. We did not get what we were expecting.

    IBG Research

    Buyer

    Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:29:49 +0000
    @Sam_Mayo Eng. Sorry. we had already extended it so can't extend more.

    Sam_Mayo Eng.

    Designer

    Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:09:52 +0000
    Could you add five more days for those of us who didn't participate?

    walxo

    Designer

    Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:01:34 +0000
    To IBG Researsh.Gents,You don't want genius ideas and don't know what you want.This case is precedent in Cad Crowd community.

    IBG Research

    Buyer

    Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:01:05 +0000
    @Sava I understand that it can be heartbreaking. All the efforts going in vain. I tried making all the designs open but I am not able to because Cadcrowd doesn't allow me. We were really hoping to get some really innovative ideas from the community but we failed. @Paulf Thank you for great suggestion. We tried to be clear with all our requirements and constraints in the description and we were also actively clearing doubts in comments and through messages, so that we can have a really design. Please understand that we also invested a lot of time and efforts running the contest and it is hard on us also, not getting something that we had hoped for.

    paulf

    Designer

    Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:17:13 +0000
    Dear IBG Research, thank you for organizing the contest. I would like to suggest for next time to minimize time and effort consuming issues, please specify more requirements. The less precise the requirement, the more variance you will find in your results. Plus if the award was already mentioned, then the rule of winner selection should be applied, otherwise you will lose the credibility.

    Sava

    Designer

    Sun, 19 Jul 2020 17:07:01 +0000
    OK, why you don't make the entries to be visible - let us see them! All this conspiracy is so boring - blind projects all the time... If no one wins let's just learn something from each other.

    IBG Research

    Buyer

    Sun, 19 Jul 2020 15:26:23 +0000
    Thank you all for your great efforts. We evaluated all the entries but we did not find most of the entries acceptable. The reason could be either we did not give enough time or the explanation was not clear. Hopefully, we will be able to work together next time.
    All the best for your future.

    Fadi Sayegh

    Designer

    Wed, 08 Jul 2020 23:01:26 +0000
    would be possible to extend the contest two days. I am working on the design.
    Thanks,
    Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:53:11 +0000
    Do we need to select actuator(Motors, sensors, Gear box) etc??
    If so what is the required accuracy and speed for the system.??

    IBG Research

    Buyer

    Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:45:36 +0000
    @RamaKD Identical is preferred but it can be different.

    RamaKD

    Designer

    Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:28:53 +0000
    must both arm have the same length? or can it be different?
    Fri, 03 Jul 2020 09:50:41 +0000
    Thanks for extending the deadline

    GalaxyRobotics

    Designer

    Thu, 02 Jul 2020 21:54:19 +0000
    Has the dead line been extended?

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