RAWrobotics

05/04/2020

Check out Orion5 - a low-cost, desktop-sized robotic arm, designed for education. Complete with our simulation software, Orion5 is an accessible package to bring real world relevant robotics to schools.

Learn more & contact us today!
🌐 rawrobotics.com/orion5
✉️ [email protected]

01/04/2020

We're testing out printing this 1:21,200,000 scale globe (sorry flat-earthers) with topography exaggerated. We found the model on Thingiverse and divided it into 32 hexagonal sections for easy printing

We're going to motorise it along each axis for various fun-times. Such as rotating the globe in real time, and using one of our Orion5 Robotic Arms as a pointer for various queries like "where is Mt Everest", or "where is the ISS right now"

30/03/2020

We've been working on a side-project. Librarian is a parametric shelving system with a large number of drawers. An Orion5 robotic arm sits in the centre, and can insert or remove any drawer on demand, and pass it out to the user, or pass it to another librarian via the dock.

We're going to use this for organising parts and tools in The Lab, combined with a user-authentication system like a ID card scanner, this could be used to track the usage of tools and parts.

A camera in the dock scans the unique QR code etched into each drawer for identification. We plan to experiment with using the camera to estimate the amount of stock left in each drawer, and send alerts for replenishment from the user or another connected Librarian.

Learn more about Orion5 and contact us today!
🌐 rawrobotics.com/orion5
✉️ [email protected]

29/03/2020

We have been doing some 3d printing for Digital Decals Beer Crawl !

Big shout out to our suppliers who have made our idea of Digital Beer Decals possible.
(Brendale, QLD)
(Geebung, QLD)
(Brisbane, QLD)
(Adelaide, SA)
(Adelaide, SA)

*NB. We use Raspberry Pi that are made in Wales, China and Japan - however soldering is locally made by TCM and assembly by our Brisbane team.

Http://digitaldecal.beer

03/12/2019

Lab updoots, we made a mad airtight enclosure for our 4-axis CNC machine, complete with snazzy lighting and old laptop for running the softwares, going to seal and fibreglass a bed in the bottom for collecting coolant next

08/10/2019

We are working on a series of updated tutorial videos for working with Orion5 and the simulation environment, see the first 3 parts here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzHHMUqRnq2U5Kh1NHO8W3W4ibNcEdW2W

The following videos will be:
- writing python code in the simulator's IDE, testing and debugging with the simulator before testing on real robot.
- the same but using MATLAB
- Making sequences using the GUI sequence editor
- Walkthrough of infinite sequence code
- Walkthrough of firmware update process
- Troubleshooting common issues

04/10/2019

We made up a script for Orion5 that will run infinitely, picking up blocks and moving them around. Every now and then it might do a waka-waka, which is where it looks around the room with the we**am connected to the USB port at the claw

There is a 'feed me' routine at the beginning of the script, the robot waits for a block to be loaded, when you press a button, it will place the block down in a certain location, and wait for the next. When all are loaded it will start shuffling them until the end of time

The code for this is available here:
https://github.com/RAWrobotics/Orion5/blob/master/Python/rotary_shuffle.py

https://youtu.be/YVuA3QO1BNo

We made up a infinite sequence for our Orion5 robotic arm, for a recent display we were asked to put on at a local school. The robotic arm selects a random b...

16/09/2019

Robot dental hygiene matters. At RAWrobotics, we like to make sure our robot's teeth are well brushed before shipping to customers. We like to use Silicon PTFE grease instead of toothpaste.

27/06/2019

We are just working on projecting a topographically accentuated planet earth model. Onto a proceedurally generated globe. Made of 32 hexagonal and pentagonal sections (like a soccer ball).

The intention is to 3dprint the individual sections (the globe is maybe scalable to 1m diameter with simpel 3d printers). The globe would then mount into a smart servo driven gimble arrangement with a small controller to automate it in interesting ways. Like being able to call up coordinates and look at a spot.

Perhaps we can get it to paint itself hmmmmm... that is an interesting idea.

18/06/2019

We've been working on a newer version of our robot arm. Version 1.7 is already passing all of the tests, optional usb at the claw tip of course.

Mostely cosmetic changes, some structural improvements and the claw was made better. Have a look at this claw!

Of course the software has seen a ramp of improvements and fixes too, we will post about that in the future.

02/06/2019

Come and join us on Discord for a chat. We are online most of the day.

Check out the RAWrobotics community on Discord - hang out with 4 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

21/04/2019

We love Autodesk here at RAW.

Just rebooting some CAD models after some time. We are adding a second USB port into the standard base. It is for transmitting through the turret axis slipring up to the claw. That way students could mount things like usb hubs, cameras, lidars, arduino's, whatever

If you like RAW, there is room here for people. No 'jobs' of course, we are too small, we run out of a garage. There not enough revenue, just equity, possible co-founder status, sales commissions. Very important, must be an 'Autism-Safe' person.

[email protected]