ROBOT ARMS / SCARA LAYOUT

OrbitSee a planar mechanism take shape.

Orbit arranges an ESP32-S3, two servo pivots and links into a planar arm study. Understand the layout and its wiring, and use the bounded joint sweep to explore an early SCARA-style concept.

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Includes assembly, starter wiring and executable virtual JavaScript.

ASSEMBLY PREVIEW/ARM

Orbit · SCARA layout concept illustration; the 3D preview uses the actual preset geometry

Static illustration · loading 3D

Orbit the actual starter assembly. Open the workbench to edit or run it.

10components

10starter connections

1.22 kgestimated component mass

ESP32-S3control platform

Orbit · SCARA layout, an illustrated robot arms assembly

Concept illustration · inspect actual geometry above.

A COMPLETE STARTING POINT

Get to know
what's inside.

A planar arm arrangement for reach, mass and wiring studies. All 10 components and 10 starter connections remain editable in your own project.

Planar arm conceptsAssembly hierarchy studiesJoint command experiments

View the included component types

Anchored arm base
Arm pedestal
Position servo
Robot arm link · 150 mm
Two-finger gripper
2S battery · 2.2 Ah
5 V buck regulator
ESP32-S3 · virtual controller

YOUR FIRST THREE EXPERIMENTS

Build understanding.
One change at a time.

Use the starting assembly to ask better questions about your design. Save a copy, change a parameter and compare what happens.

Inspect the design

Follow the planar shoulder and elbow motion in the starter preview.

Try a change

Inspect anchored support, link positions and the controller-to-servo circuit.

Compare and learn

Adjust the two command amplitudes and compare the resulting preview.

arm-scara.jsVIRTUAL API

function step(robot) {
  robot.drive(0, 0);
  if (robot.brownout || robot.battery.voltage < 6.25) { robot.display('🪫'); return; }
  robot.servo('shoulder', 0.35 * Math.sin(robot.time * 0.7));
  robot.servo('elbow', 0.4 * Math.sin(robot.time * 0.9 + 0.8));
  robot.display('🤖');
}

The full, editable starter script is included in the workbench.

KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TESTING