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Robotic Arm Kit with USB PC Interface

code: A37JN

4.3 out of 5 from 38 ratings

ONLY GBP£44.99

Robotic Arm Kit with USB PC Interface

A37JN

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  • Exclusive to Maplin Electronics!
  • Construct a working robotic arm and control it from your PC via USB!
  • Includes software for controlling the arm supplied on CD-Rom
  • Use your keyboard and mouse to have real time control over the robot
  • Programming option to save or load pre-programmed user files for a series of movements
  • Maximum lift 100g
  • A fun and exciting way to explore robotics via a PC
  • Requires 4 x D size batteries

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Minimum System Requirements:
PC Operating System: Windows® XP/Vista™
(32-bit versions only)
CPU: Pentium 3 1.0GHz or above
Memory: 256MB or above
Hard Drive Space: 100MB or above
Display: SVGA 800x600 pixels or above
Colour monitor with 16 bit colour or above

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Bought this through the Maplin Ebay store, great product. I wanted to comment because this can be used on windows 7 64bit without messing with driver signing. just go to this site http://www.owirobot.com/pages/Downloads.html and download 535 USB INTERFACE works great

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Thanks very much to “martyn” The link worked great For Windows 7, when I realized that the link was not the complete line. (ha, ha) Click on Download Support Files, use jzip (FREE) to open the rar file that downloads http://www.jzip.com/ . Works great on Windows XP straight out of the box using the software supplied on disk. If you use the keyboard function not the mouse you can run all 5 motors together which looks really cool. The whole thing is only a toy but great fun putting together and using. Make sure that you keep the ONE SHORT BAR for last or you will have to open up everything to find it.

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All in all a great kit for the money (if you get it a the sale price) my son and I built it in little time just after xmas. the assembly was straight forward though care was needed. The supplied software ran on our Vista laptop, and the immediate mode worked great. However the programmed mode was completely useless relying on recording how long you 'pressed' each button for each move. When played back the timings were all wrong and ended up with the arm overshooting on each 'move' and grinding its clutches, and failing its tasks. Because the automation was a wash out, I cant rate this at 5 stars but still dam good fun.

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I hesitated for some time before finally buying this kit, as I thought that it seemed too cheap. However, I was delighted with it. I started building it with my eight year old grandson and finished it on my own. The software loaded easily on my Vista laptop and I was ready to play. The only improvement that I would make is to have a mains supply, via a transformer, to power the arm, as the batteries cost around £5.00 a set. I'm currently working on that. An excellent purchase!

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I'm very happy with the product. I assembled the kit and got it running in a couple of hours. It's a fun way to learn about how gears and motors work.

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Customer Questions about Robotic Arm Kit with USB PC Interface

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Q: This does work with 64 bit windows 7, however you will need to select the option to 'disable driver signing' in the F8 boot menu

Oliver Piotrowski - 10/11/2010

Maplin says: Many thanks for the feedback.

Q: Does this work with Windows 64 bit versions

Brad - 22/09/2010

Maplin says: The item is not currently guaranteed to work with 64 bit versions of Windows unfortunately

Q: Are the Circuit boards or other spares available for purchase seperately

Sue - 18/02/2010

Maplin says: unfortunately we do not stock spare parts for this unit currently

Q: Does the software provide standard DLL files to enable you to control the robot arm by writing your own software in Visual BASIC / C++ etc. ?

Richard Hind - 15/12/2009

Maplin says: This is not included

Q: How far does the arm reach from the base unit?

Dan King - 02/08/2009

Maplin says: Base motion of 180 degrees, vertical reach of 380mm and a horizontal reach of 320mm approximatly.

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