Helium Frog Delta Robot

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Helium Frog Delta Robot

Release status: unknown

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Description
HeliumFrog Delta Robot
License
unknown
Author
Contributors
Based-on
Categories
Reprap Delta
CAD Models
Yes (See Website)
External Link


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Introduction

The Helium Frog Delta Robot is being developed to examine the possibility of a self replicating delta style robot. The initial design will be used as a test bed for software development and to establish the accuracy of the mechanism compared to the RepRap Mendel.

Initially the robot will be equiped with a pen holder or similar to measure the accuracy and in further developments an extruder will be added.

The working envelope is 200mm diameter by 200mm high

The electronic system is likely to be Arduino Mega based. Stepper motor drivers will be pololu based. The motors will be Nema 17 Model(SY42STH47-1684B)


CAD Design

The design work is bieng carried out on Catia V5 and will enable a full envelope clash study and to check the limits of movement for the flexible "Rose" joints. CAD Models in .stl format are available from the Helium Frog website.

Current Status

CAD work is almost complete and rapid prototype parts are printed. Assembly of the frame is ongoing. Software is bieng developed by the German Reprap community. HeliumFrogDeltaframe01.jpg

Links

There is discussion and concurrent work streams in both English and German. Please see the links below for further information.

Discussion Forum - English

Delta robot and software development forum 1 - German

Delta Robot and software development forum 2 - German