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Controlling the Transcend Arm + Gripper that’s in our LA office (@marceldabek) in BOSTON at the @MassRobotics demo day! Teleop with Minecraft style controls on my laptop on the left (setup by @SeanWIPeters)😤. Amazing event thank you to all who organized and attended!

Geostationary gripper

Been experimenting with using “Minecraft controls” for teleop. The idea is that anyone with a laptop can be a labor provider (think uber). Not too bad tbh, I think it’ll get better as a tweak it. This is only me controlling with my keyboard. If you know anyone who would be interested in being a pilot for outsourced labor DM me

Is anyone interesting in software to synthesize 4-bar linkages? Making some in house 4-bar generative design for optimization of our gripper fingers, happy to share/let use if you’re interested, just DM me or reply!

If you’re interacting with the world in any capacity, how you touch it is by FAR the most important part

Prototyping HD metal grippers that let you 1) iterate at software speed (ships same day as order) 2) deploy faster and sooner (ships same day, fraction of cost enabled mobility) and 3) MOG ON EM with better specs than industry standards (STILL fraction of cost of other options) Target specs: - 540N/120lbf clamping force - 144mm stroke - >1M guaranteed cycle life - ~3s full open/close cycle time - <1000g - holds >50% clamp force on power loss - CAN (openarm), RS485 (UR), modbus, etc compatible - @TranscendMech gripper end variety pack/kit compatible If you have any feedback please reach out!

We tested the 2 prong gripper and it works insanely well too! This was the biggest weight we could find at the office but tri prong definitely has a lot left in it. Same weight but a 2 prong for my video

Quick assembly tutorial for the SO-101 Nibbler V1.1! People like to use the servo that comes with the arm to save on cost so this vid includes how to use it. Adding the nibbler to so-101 greatly increases the size of objects you can pick up and the force you can exert

Fatigue test going strong! Were thinking guaranteed 20,000 cycles for v1.1, v1.2 target ~100,000, later versions >1million

What should we make a gripper to pick up? Put what you want in the comments and I will make a video of a gripper picking that up. Best one (deemed by me) gets a free gripper

Proof of concept @TranscendMech actuators are spinning!

HELLO WORLD! 3 prong grippers are uniquely good at handling cylindrical objects in a robust way, like this sharpie! Quick vid of the @TranscendMech trident gripper