Charlie Sorrel
Gear

WiiMote Controlled Wobot Arm

In a semester project at the University of Michigan's Mechanical Engineering department, three students hacked together an old 1980s MiniMover robot arm, a WiiMote and a Python script into this unholy union. The arm is fully controlled by the tilt and swoosh of the remote and the D-pad takes care of the 'hand'.
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Picture 2 1-1Another excellent Wii Remote hack. In a semester project at the University of Michigan's Mechanical Engineering department, three students hacked together an old 1980s MiniMover robot arm, a WiiMote and a Python script into this unholy union. The arm is fully controlled by the tilt and swoosh of the remote and the D-pad takes care of the 'hand'.

Great stuff and all, but until they really should get two of these holding a XBox controller and playing Gears of War.

Check the video after the jump.

Wiimote Controlled Robot Arm [YouTube via Make]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqK6FvNeSDE