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Student seeks 2015 UW chess-playing robotic arm documentation and motor information

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A student working on a graduation project wants to replicate the 2015 University of Washington (UW) chess-playing robotic arm, but could not find any documentation on the UW official website, so they posted on Reddit r/robotics asking what actuators and what software the robotic arm used to achieve smooth and fast movements. The poster said the robotic arm had a limited range of motion but is still impressive to this day, and hopes to obtain relevant leads. At present, the post has not provided answers regarding the documentation location or motor model.

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  1. Where to find documentation and motor information for the 2015 UW chess-playing robotic arm

    A student working on a graduation project wants to recreate the 2015 UW chess-playing robotic arm but cannot find any documentation on the UW website, so they posted asking what actuators the arm uses and what software achieves its smooth, fast movements. The poster believes the arm has a limited range of motion but is still impressive to this day, and hopes to get relevant leads.

    Reddit r/robotics ·