The augmented board runs micro-Max source code, enabling chess logic to be executed on an Arduino Mega with room for control functions for a 6DOF robotic arm.

The robot arm is controlled using a touchscreen application loaded onto an old smartphone hose inside a control box, making the design of the robotic arm completely self-contained.

The schematics for all of the parts are available on the project site along with all of the Arduino source code.

It’s very thorough and includes all the code you need for your Arduino too. Stick around after the break to see how the robot works!

The following robotic arm kits will cost you less than $100. The Best Arduino Robotic Arms The Arduino is probably the single most popular programmable controllers used by makers around the world.

The world has long had robots. Lots of them. Robotic arms live in factories, tirelessly assembling heavy things, cutting through metal (like butter)—and generally doing some pretty dangerous and ...

I just want to flag this one, an arm aimed at students: the Braccio ++ kit, for an introduction to robotics, letting you lift, place, twist objects under digital control ...

But why give a robotic arm spec’d out guts? Because it lets it do all the number crunching required to do all sorts of wonderful stuff, like training the arm to perform tasks by touch.

Priced at €499, the Braccio ++ kit includes everything you need to assemble the arm: an Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect, Arduino Braccio Carrier, six Arduino RS485 Smart Servo Motors, screws, nuts, ...