Meet the xArm 7 Programmable Robot Arm!

[@LKDesign]

Can it handle inverse kinematic operations? Are there measures in place to avoid the arm colliding with itself, with a predefined environment. Is it anything more than just a moving sculpture?

[@TheSpoon369]

you guys missed a golden opportunity to pick up a prop velociraptor egg with that robotic arm

[@mrvzhao]

Also, put on a white lab coat - he'll be an ideal stand-in for the Asian scientist guy.

[@unionse7en]

Arms become MUCH more useful when they are designed to change their own end effectors! A good basic demo of it's repeatability would have included it touching a dial indicator several times.

[@diegobatista41175]

I love robotic arms and great product (it's such an idealistic looking tool to have especially for a small business owner like myself) but, I want to see this thing operational in a real life simulation with 7 axis. What can this puppy actually do in a production scenario. What are the applications available. I want to see how it is programmed to removed 3D printed parts out of a machine in the middle of the night while everyone is out of the studio for example. Besides the obvious pick and place of pc board parts, you'd need a conveyor part system added. To show a 10k robotic arm lift a coffee cup is like showing a cyclist sitting on a 10k carbon frame what it only could be like?

[@thirstyralph6996]

is it dishwasher safe?

[@fionafiona1146]

No, but my mom would put it in nonetheless

[@denniskatinas]

Such a calm and kind person. Wonderful product as well.

[@MikaKivinenMusic]

I would ask if the axis before the camera must necessarily be a 360° rotation axis, because it is easy to add image rotation in the video editor. 

[@desmondsilva3313]

Can this robot receive input and send output via a cable or wireless method? Is there an approach command?

[@hobbycathartic]

Is it possible to attach a fleshlight to this? I'm... asking for a friend.

[@brunofonseca9686]

William Smith LOL DUDE

[@fathybalamita1537]

Its not fast enough :)

[@EvelynDayless]

That was probably the point to begin with.

[@j025hasseenalot6]

Fleshlight 😂😂😂

[@Ultriix]

Sure, if he wants his junk torn off.

[@troelsfischerthomsen1892]

can you program it by telling it where to move the tool, and have the robot figure out joint movement?

[@TheNinjinx]

Of course. Inverse kinematics is standard on any robot arm.

[@keerianflammang1891]

Can we attach a dslr to it like a GH4? Could be great alternative to the big boys out there.

[@meeranalikhan2199]

Could you please tell me what type of material you use in manufacturing links?

[@naxmorvigatore4168]

I'm just staring at all the arm's joints, and watching it move, and just being like "......That's not how a human arm works" XD

[@ChispyReddit]

add a camera and allow people to code apps into it. like cooking, dishwashing, cleaning, etc. oh and let it crawl around your house so it could do other things and clamp itself back when it needs to recharge

[@EldeNova]

Put it on a electric board so it's like the modern day "Roller Bob" (One of Sid's mutant toys in Toy Story)

[@johnsmitty7447]

this is something you buy if your rich and you want to make your workshop look cool and high tech, but the only thing i actually see it being used for is as a extra hand holding something still while you work on it with 2 hands... if u had a small factory i assume you would spend more for a reliable arm from a reputable company

[@TheEtbetween]

Not if you a startup, or a business that have some type of repetitive task that.

[@adisharr]

Exactly. No major company is going to invest in this obscure company and platform.

[@upendhrad4344]

what kind of 3D software you were used to control the robot motions please let me know it will be very helpful@Adam Savage's Tested.

[@Zoibek]

Doc Ock is becoming reality

[@Francois_Le_Blendeur]

this type of arm is actually pretty old, there are tentacle like arms in the works.

[@dukenukem6137]

10:18 He says they plan to launch it in Dec 2018.. Their current website says it Ships out in April 2019... But you still can only PREORDER it..... I'll be sticking with my UR3 Robots!

[@عليجاسبابوالهيل]

How to automate using what the hand guided

[@terryterry1655]

link broken

[@allensparks4734]

So can you put a 3d printer or a laser cuter or plasma cutter or router on the tool end?

[@ufactory8326]

Hi, currently xArm supports gripper and suction cup, other functions can be developed on ROS/Python/C++

[@burgunbeerd]

Could this handle a small mirrorless camera?

[@tictacc77]

Yes it can handle 3,5kg

[@worldwepcineweb]

this is 1st step bt imagine last developing Robotic hand... good job👍👍👍👏

[@adisharr]

Website no longer available lol. HUGE SURPRISE!

[@tictacc77]

3 years later there website is still up, do you have downs?

[@adisharr]

​@@tictacc77They're back up now! I'd never use one of these though. Limited joint range, limited protocols, practically no market share.

[@xincanlv8504]

How much is the robot? This is the most important factor whether we can use it or not.

[@Kepe]

Software seems super clunky if you need to program individual joint movements. It would be a lot better if you could just move the arm to a position (by physically moving the arm and moving it using software for more precision) and then say "start from this position" and then move it to another position and say "move to this position" and then the software does the actual programming of the required joint movements automatically to make that happen. Of course it needs to allow for more than just two positions, but you get what I mean. The arm itself looks like it is capable of doing a lot of light stuff, it's the software that seems to be lacking.

[@TheEtbetween]

Yeah, definitely agree software seems Amateurs.

[@MR-um5wj]

Best comment ever, not pejorative as most of them. Totally agree with you that the soft should automatically define all the joints movements from a point A to a point B. And I can add that we could give a constraint like "keep the end tool (here the gripper) horizontal or in his original point A plan" during the movement. Doing this only to points availlable should definitly make this arm more useful and professionnal style. As already said in comments software is the key, and to make this arm easy use with all thoses joints makes it probably more difficult.

[@varthalgamekiin4931]

ROBOT ARMS ARE ALWAYS A WIN!!!

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

That is way more user friendly to program than many industrial robots.

[@adisharr]

You've never used a Universal Robot then. You can set up a pick and place on one of those in literally 2 minutes.

[@stevenlee1726]

Is there any industrial robot arm with payload like 1.5kg under USD 2000? Like Dobot M1, but it cost like 6k USD

[@pd.dataframe2833]

what is the purpose

[@sariksadman1709]

can it move along a straight line?

[@ufactory8326]

Yes:)

[@acousticpsychosis]

Seems like programming it would be tedious, especially if you wanted it to do more than just a few different tasks. Should try motion capture of a human arm making the needed movements and recombobulate that to the robot arms programming.

[@Critters]

Later in the video they show how you can position it by hand, i'd imagine you can then capture the pose vs having to nudge every joint in software

[@JS-gk9et]

That’s the beauty of ROS. Other folks can make programming systems of all sorts to tell this ‘bot what to do: including motion capture or imitating.

[@chris.dillon]

I was just thinking yesterday about arms and wondering is there was a small pro-sumer industrial arm. Still not cheap enough but I'm expecting a miracle I guess. :)

[@brianchimale8783]

what's the advantage of so many DOFs?

[@JD2jr.]

This guy did a terrible job selling his toy.Just from the title we know it's a 7-axis arm. That's an interesting thing. But nothing he showed made use of that. His "motion demo" moved one, maybe two axis (axes? axies? axises?) at a time. the arm moved. Cool, it's a robot, that's expected. Then they picked up a cup. Ok...should I be impressed? It wasn't even smooth or precise or move it in any interesting way. It just grabbed it. Big deal. I can't see a single use for it, and honestly think it's less useful than I would have just seeing a picture and the words "7-access arm"...

[@ShinyRedGrapple]

"Axes" is the plural for axis

[@JD2jr.]

Thanks. That's what I thought, but when I typed it I couldn't think of anything but a killer robot with multiple tree-chopping devices, so I went with the singular. lol

[@Swimmydude11]

You might not be impressed but to pick up a cup is incredibly difficult and surely an underrated milestone in something like this. Besides, he wasn't really trying to sell this to you. It's not really for makers but for small businesses and the like. You can blame Norm on the bad sell but whatever. (I still like Norm, just think he can still improve his interviewing skills.)

[@drawmaster77]

axisis

[@gusbisbal9803]

Completely agree but we did get to see it and hey I know about it now and I didn't before. This was not wasted. The biggest thing is controlling the acceleration and velocity of the movements not just the rotational displacements. I think the software is horrible. It looked like individual G-code sliders for each axis. Still for 10K, it looks Ok.

[@willettfx]

Max head Weight ?

[@PhiTheProducer]

I work with robotics in industrial engineering. This robot is slower than frozen molasses.

[@ryansemplexyz]

Yeah even a small fanuc would rip this to shreds in terms of speed and power. From what I gathered, this arm doesn't even have a "world" coordinate option, forcing the user to program each axis individually. For the price it might be a fun little tool for the garage, though.

[@kurupz]

why would I even want one at home

[@JS-gk9et]

Limited to 250mm/s max, for sure, possibly less in this case. Any little bot that wants to be used collaboratively will have that limit and a low payload, or other safety devices are required. Little industrial robots are seriously fun to watch at full speed. Love the sounds they make, too.

[@mrvzhao]

Since you work in the industry, I'm sure you're fully aware of the reasons for REQUIRING it to be so slow.

[@PhiTheProducer]

mrvzhao if you mean “safety”, then it’s simply a bad demonstration. They should get out of the shot, and let the robot perform at speed. Or at least show and few tight short, tight, steps, to demonstrate its potential.

[@ezramantini8078]

How much in Rands

[@mdmvukengineer4873]

Excellent 👍

[@williamhuang5329]

Hanzhen harmonic drive gear , over 30 years experience in industrial robot arm gear reducer, factory automation joint gear

[@Aeriant.]

Imagine using this arm on a robot in vr, Being able to use the vr controllers to move the arm for precision works or for maybe like bomb squad stuff

[@장태균-j2f]

Please make sure the video is automatically translated so that it will be subtitles created.

[@mikedelta987]

Need an updated review please they have a Lite 6 Coming out in a few month at a much better price point!

[@krystalfan]

was it just me that thought in the thumbnail it looked like a tube robot dabbing?

[@Zeldakostv]

"Small, Medium, and... Bigger"

[@vsigal]

Backers should already getting their xArms . But got message "Due to our supplier’s problem, we need to replan our shipping plan. "

[@elda7216]

we have got these arms in school.

[@roundhousetrainspotting]

More Adam.

[@mickfromaustralia2680]

I just need to practise shaking hands, can I borrow it?

[@EthanDoezYT]

He says “I wanna introduce you to Tony!...” you say “OMG! It’s the real Tony Stark!”

[@henrylj2660]

so smooth

[@just-a-silly-goofy-guy]

*renegade by Styx plays*

[@AtlanticPicture]

not MP Mia but not 150k either.. maybe with a bit more load capacity one could add some camera gear to it

[@limitless1692]

The future looks promising 😎 Great little robot arm , and the price is not that bad either ... 10k...

[@ChristopherSmith-bh4sz]

Talk about re-inventing the wheel, a slower wheel! I worked with robots for a while, this would take an age to program. Just a pick and place unit really. Low cost entry for someone.

[@walterlol]

How long can I put it in the microwave?

[@contrnsmagnificndjoobngtaint]

can it see?

[@CRocketSlim]

Now how am I supposed to recreate Howard Wolfowitz's emergency room visit with that?

[@sogwatchman]

I like robotics but how is this any different from the robotic arms we could program in school. I mean we were building lego houses back then.

[@rafap80]

And how do I know if there is not a guy under the table moving the thing???

[@markrandle9025]

Can you program this robot arm to sort out odd laundry socks. If it had dispensable peg fingers it could hang out the laundry too.

[@KnightSlasher]

Looks like Marshmallow dabing

[@wzk921109]

I’d like a camera attachment to take a 3D model of a persons head.

[@Macatho]

Doubt theyll sell any as they want about the same as a KUKA

[@matteast711]

Congratulations. You invented an arm that has been around for decades.

[@adisharr]

Not a 7 axis for under $10k using all harmonic gearing.

[@thewisewolfy9552]

It trully looks like the IPhone of industrial machines. I doubt any actual engineer would take this thing seriously.

[@acexprt]

TheWiseWolfy look at the build quality. This must be a prototype.

[@kurupz]

Forget engineers ask anyone on a shop floor

[@Dukeofvampires1]

I'm a senior software engineer... can't tolerate android. And also I don't care how much iPhones cost. If it's built well, feature reach and looks well, don't see why industrial engineers wouldn't use a robot arm like this.

[@davidurdahl6656]

@@Dukeofvampires1 you work for apple I'm guessing?

[@waldinussmann]

I’m an mechanical engineer and I think it’s cool :) 3,5 kg is a lot for a robot that size, and if it has 0 backlash that’s awesome.. harmonic drives are like really expensive, and it needs 7 of that so the costs add up really fast Maybe the gripper could use some redesign but yeah, else it’s looking great. I mean ofc there are better options but as he said industrial robots cost several thousand -tens of thousands of dollars

[@adrianzsdl1963]

Who watched big bang theory episode where howard wolowitz builds arm like this 😉

[@YIIMM]

Someone did presumably

[@squilly.w]

Anyone remember that one big bang theory episode?

[@kevp9601]

This is Exquisite. :-D

[@beliasphyre3497]

3.5 Kg? If it can't throw a human around like a rag doll, it's not industrial.

[@mrvzhao]

Not necessarily. Industrial robots come with a wide range of payloads. At 3.5 kg, this definitely qualifies as a small payload industrial robot - the kind you want to have on your desk anyway. Check these out: robotics.kawasaki.com/en1/products/robots/small-medium-payloads/

[@gusbisbal9803]

If all your doing with it is feeding a machine stock material, like small screws, nuts or bolts, on a 24 hour cycle then its as industrial as needed. Before you call something non-industrial, maybe you should have worked in an industrial plant at some point?

[@golferchin76]

Industrial means repeatability, precision, durability. 24/7 365 days nonstop except for scheduled maintenance, etc. Weight is just a spec.

[@russellzauner]

Yeah. Like driving a Porsche at full blast with the steering wheel removed. WHOOHOO....aw.

[@cyberstar251]

i can see this having a 3d printer nozzle for the end effector turning it into a super 3d printer.

[@kurupz]

A 3d printer with 0.1mm of accuracy sounds like a joke to me

[@Nullzero98]

Looks like they got the basics down. Japanese engineered harmonic drives are great step in the right direction. But one of the reasons industrial companies trust the robots built by Fanuc or Kuka or Kawasaki, etc, is because of the after-market support. Do you think this start-up company will be here in 5, 10, 20 years to support their robot and protect your investment? Not only with software updates, but also spare parts, repair services, on-site support, etc? I'd be wary of buying any start-up robots over $3k~$5k. If it were open source, that would be a different story, since you then would have top-to-bottom control over spare parts, firmware updates etc. With those after-market caveats aside though, the robotic arm industry is ripe for disruption. The price of a GOOD robotic arm is quite expensive. For even a small one with a 0.5kg to 2kg load, you could spend $30k or more easily. Those prices won't hold for much longer with china getting into the game.

[@adisharr]

China doesn't care about safety and for that reason alone, their robotic market is stagnating in most countries.

[@alkiskaraolis8111]

I was working at Automata Technologies and this looks VERY similar to one of our old concepts! WTF automata.tech/

[@Calmer573]

ive seen many robotic arms for many different applications.. that being said , this should be sold at Walmart.

[@Pyrex238]

Needs real world demo. What the hell can I do with it? Pick up my tumblers?

[@chankhavu]

I would love to have it operated using Reinforcement Learning :)

[@mr.nickname7318]

Want it

[@reallivebluescat]

I am the arm, and I sound like this! schwoschwoschwoschwoschwo

[@kaden56]

The site no longer exists.

[@channelname10yearsago68]

Why would anyone use 7 axis instead of 6 axis?

[@aleksandersuur9475]

Reach around things or use the last axis as a mechanical drive for a gripper. It's certainly useful, but there is a price of course, both literal and in robot rigidity, but that's always the case with each extra axis anyway.

[@dylanpetriko9170]

That is absolutely incredible, technology is moving very quickly. Stay in school kids 👍🏻

[@Richard_H]

Don't get me rong this robotic arm looks impressive and all but a mechanical engineer that uses in his presentation the catch "phrase seven is two times more than four" doesn't exactly fill me with the worm fuzzy filing of confidence.

[@deadmanperipherals]

lol

[@mingleang]

Activate your Windows now hahahaha

[@gmodesike]

what?

[@tilago]

Let it carve marble statues

[@TheFlameFoxx]

The human arm has 4 axis of movement no?

[@jordanlapointe8207]

Hmmmm nope, the shoulder has 3 by itself, 1 for the elbow, 3 in the wrist... hope that helps!

[@Loshko86]

well honestly, this type of robot harm has been around forever .u. any bionic-like arms?

[@christiankelly5130]

so many punny possibilities.

[@christiankelly5130]

need a hand

[@christiankelly5130]

he's heavily armed

[@Gullzarr]

10 000$, I thought a robot arm would cost way more.

[@kalevra4372]

That's inhumane building and arm too just work and work

[@909sickle]

Why is one of the robot arms wearing a hoodie?

[@darthvillager26]

Great vid

[@qSPARTANp]

Cool but pricey, and did not seem to confident on simultaneous axis movement.

[@master_burn]

Simone used a KUKA Robot Arm - not one of theirs - just sayin ..

[@OptimusGPrime]

Tentacrur!

[@giftycustom5560]

7 axis arm for less than $10k? 😯

[@ezramantini8078]

How much? I’m serious.

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

Siri, activate gripper. 😰💦

[@drawmaster77]

he should have done better demo

[@thudeets]

I'm sorry, but isn't the market flooded with enough start-up junk already.

[@Vaginetka]

Это не тот харм который я искал.

[@939Batze]

Just get a KUKA

[@adisharr]

Now just ask what that KUKA robot cost.