Tesla snake arm v2 3D for print
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For a long time, I've wanted to aut...omate the plugging in of my electric car. When I saw Juan had already started designing a snake arm that resemble's the one Tesla is prototyping, I thought, why not give it a try. My car is already being charged by open source electronics, but this project just seemed like to much fun and too interesting not to do it.
I'm planning on using computer vision with an off the shelf component called "Pixy" CMUcam5 and have it recognize the position and rotation of color codes. Little pairs of stickers that need to appear in the right place before the final insertion is executed.
Changes compared to the original by Juan Sirgado y Antico (link: www.thingiverse.com/thing:959891)
- Made snakebody() more parametric
- The 3 cables need a more smooth path to move properly
- Removed a lot of "flesh" from the model
- Made the ball joint neck a bit smaller so it can have a bigger hole on the inside without sacrificing strength.
- Add Pixy CMUcam5 if you want to add simple computer visio...n.
Designer
Erik de Bruijn3d model description
I'm building a snake robot arm that can charge my electric car. Adapted from the design by Juan Sirgado y Antico.For a long time, I've wanted to aut...omate the plugging in of my electric car. When I saw Juan had already started designing a snake arm that resemble's the one Tesla is prototyping, I thought, why not give it a try. My car is already being charged by open source electronics, but this project just seemed like to much fun and too interesting not to do it.
I'm planning on using computer vision with an off the shelf component called "Pixy" CMUcam5 and have it recognize the position and rotation of color codes. Little pairs of stickers that need to appear in the right place before the final insertion is executed.
Changes compared to the original by Juan Sirgado y Antico (link: www.thingiverse.com/thing:959891)
- Made snakebody() more parametric
- The 3 cables need a more smooth path to move properly
- Removed a lot of "flesh" from the model
- Made the ball joint neck a bit smaller so it can have a bigger hole on the inside without sacrificing strength.
3d model print parameters
- Print the snake_body parts at 2x scale, as many as you need to create the right length- Add Pixy CMUcam5 if you want to add simple computer visio...n.
