Hi robotic enthusiast.
The purpose of this section is to build a real robot.
All the functionalities and the concepts that we have applied only in simulation so far can finally
be used to move and control a real robot.
A real prototype with our voice.
With this, you will have two tools at your disposal.
A simulated robot and a real robot on which you can experiment and develop new features.
This last section of the course is optional since we will be using real hardware, some mechanical and
electronic components.
It is not required for you to follow the implemented steps in the lessons.
If you don't have the hardware or you don't think is the right time to purchase the needed components.
You can choose to skip this section completely and come back in the future when you will have the required
components.
You can also decide to follow this section as an observer and take advantage of all the resources and
lessons that are provided in this course, which might be helpful in the future to make your project
your robot become reality.
As I mentioned earlier in this section, we will use some hardware components, both mechanical and
electronic.
Among these, you will need an Arduino, Uno or any compatible board.
This board is a microcontroller that we can program and is well suited for controlling hardware devices
like sensors and actuators, thus acting as intermediary between Russia and the electronics and the
actuators.
And then to actuate the arm and the gripper we use for servo motors, one for each movable joint of
the robot.
You will also need some cables or jumpers to connect the servo motors to the Arduino.
You also need an USB cable, which is normally provided with the Arduino to connect the board to the
PC.
This cable will supply the needed power to the board and allow us to program the board and interface
it with Ros to.
Next regarding the mechanical part, if you have access to a 3D printer, you can directly print all
the robot's components using the CAD files attached to this lesson.
Otherwise you can find.
Otherwise you can find manipulator robots with a very similar architecture to the one that we used in
the course from various online retailers.
Many of these kits also very often include the servo motors and the electronics for the control.
Finally, to assemble these components, you will also need an M3 type screws and bolts.
And of course you will need a screwdriver to put everything together.
In the upcoming lessons before assembling and programming the robot, we will develop some simple examples
to interface Arduino with Ros to which you can use as a starting point for your future projects.