@jason.fisher: Yes! Yes you could. There are a few immediate problems.
*You need a 2D joint at the shoulders. (Not really a problem.)
*Your tilt is limited to be perpendicular to plane that goes through all three shoulders. This plus arm length restrictions could keep the tilt angle fairly small. (<30 degrees?)
*The arms will be able the now come past the screws so the PVC supports will probably have to be moved back. (That is not really an issue.)
So the only "real problem" is the limited tilt. After rolling it around in my head for a while I think we could probably get a pretty decent tilt. I will play with the geometry some. It wont be quite as easy as bolting some GUS arms onto LISA. You could actually do that but the volume and tilt wouldn't be that great.
NOTE: This will be a bot with 6DOFs but as far as effective DOFs you will only have 5. What I mean is if you can move the motors right, every single one of them will be moving while the effector stays still. In fact that will be a great way to calibration and will be a great demonstration of its coolness.
Any thoughts on a name? BART (Bad Ass Rostock Thingy) :-)
*You need a 2D joint at the shoulders. (Not really a problem.)
*Your tilt is limited to be perpendicular to plane that goes through all three shoulders. This plus arm length restrictions could keep the tilt angle fairly small. (<30 degrees?)
*The arms will be able the now come past the screws so the PVC supports will probably have to be moved back. (That is not really an issue.)
So the only "real problem" is the limited tilt. After rolling it around in my head for a while I think we could probably get a pretty decent tilt. I will play with the geometry some. It wont be quite as easy as bolting some GUS arms onto LISA. You could actually do that but the volume and tilt wouldn't be that great.
NOTE: This will be a bot with 6DOFs but as far as effective DOFs you will only have 5. What I mean is if you can move the motors right, every single one of them will be moving while the effector stays still. In fact that will be a great way to calibration and will be a great demonstration of its coolness.
Any thoughts on a name? BART (Bad Ass Rostock Thingy) :-)