Telescopic Mechanical Arm - 1

The TMA-1 project has been under intermittent development for a decade (with no visible end in sight). Its basic parameters are as follows:

• Three axis robot, plus electromagnet (expandable to eight functions).
• Based on the movements of the Gradall Excavator.
• Strong enough to lift a brick with ease.
• Interfaced to a PC via 2 parallel ports and 1 joystick port.
• Framework constructed out of Meccano.
• Fixed base, arm reaches 0.75m from centre.
• Worst-case seek time of 10 seconds.
• Extremely durable and failure-resistant.
• Apparently on perpetual loan to OCESS.

Side view of TMA-1 robot.