On this week's Futureproof, Jonathan spoke with Easton LaChappelle, a 17 year old maker from Colorado. At age 14, Easton built a robotic arm using Lego, fishing wire, some surgical tubing, and some servo motors. Since then, he has refined the design and created an incredibly impressive arm. He has replaced the Lego with 3D-printed plastic, Robot systems,added more sophisticated movements and controls, and has potentially created an affordable prosthetic arm for people who need one. Check out this video of Easton's arm in action.

Arms are types of jointed robot manipulator that allow robots to interact with their environment. Many have onboard controllers or translators to simplify communication, though they may be controlled directly or in any number of ways. Price Information CSUMTECH Robotic arm Motion control PLC servo,Due to this fact, standalone arms are often classified as full robots. The robot arms can be autonomous or controlled manually and can be used to perform a variety of tasks with great accuracy.

The robotic arm can be fixed or mobile (i.e. wheeled) and can be designed for industrial or home applications.There are many different types of robotic arms, but most can be characterized by their mechanical structure. Cartesian (also known as Gantry) robots have three joints that are coincident with the standard X-Y-Z Cartesian axes. Cylindrical arms have any number of joints that operate on a cylindrical axis, normally rotating about one fixed rod.