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Here is another view of the coil motor. The plunger is a steel bar activated by an electromagnetic field which is controlled by an arduino. The coil itself is about 8.5 inches long.

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This arduino controlled electromagnetic coil has a steel bar as a plunger and uses the pull of the coil to move the bar back and forth. The coil itself is about 8.5 inches long.

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Here's the gripper with force sensing active. But this time I've increased the gripping surface and made it less rigid (the metal ends of the gripper were a bit harsh). So now I'm trying it with something more delicate: an egg!

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The gripper now incorporates a sensor which is able to detect when it has grabbed something. Here I'm trying it with a variety of different objects. Much safer than the "apple crushing" version I posted a video of earlier.

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Robot gripper at full pressure crushing an apple.

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Telerobot is being controlled by Victor (340 miles away fom me). This is one of a series of videos of this test taken on Sept 12, 2009.

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Telerobot is being controlled by Victor (340 miles away fom me). This is one of a series of videos of this test taken on Sept 12, 2009.

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Telerobot is being controlled by Victor (340 miles away fom me). This is one of a series of videos of this test taken on Sept 12, 2009.

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Telerobot is being controlled by Victor (340 miles away fom me). This is one of a series of videos of this test taken on Sept 12, 2009.

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This is a test of my second robot. This one uses a sabertooth 2x25 controller, and for my first test I just hooked it up to a standard remote control. Next, I will try controlling it remotely via an arduino. This one is very fast though, I'll need a bigger space to try it out safely.

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