{"id":3505,"date":"2013-12-05T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=3505"},"modified":"2013-12-05T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T21:00:49","slug":"custom-motorized-stereotax-from-mark-o-wests-lab-at-rutgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/custom-motorized-stereotax-from-mark-o-wests-lab-at-rutgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom motorized stereotax from Mark O. West’s lab at Rutgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They motorized a Kopf manipulator and used CNC software to control it. I like the simple mechanics. Here’s one of the parts used to couple the stepper motors to the manipulator:<\/p>\n

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They use a standard 3-axis CNC stepper driver board.<\/p>\n

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They have some of their own software, to simplify the interface:<\/p>\n

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They have a JoVE article.<\/a> They also have a web site<\/a>, which has the machine drawings, software, parts list, and other resources (where the figures in this post came from).<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t be surprised if this could be put together rather quickly. Drop the part drawings off at your machine shop, order the other parts online, and then in a couple of weeks once everything is in, spend a day assembling it and working out the software. It’s a nicely documented build.<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to ITS)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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They motorized a Kopf manipulator and used CNC software to control it. I like the simple mechanics. Here’s one of the parts used to couple the stepper motors to the manipulator:<\/p>\n

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