Dobot: Robotic Arm for Everyone, Arduino & Open Source

A project in San Francisco, CA by dobot.cc
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Designed for DESKTOP. Arduino-powered, 4-axis parallel-mechanism robot arm with High Quality. For Makers, Educators, everyone!
Backers: 1208
Average Pledge Per Backer: $510

Funded: $615,600 of $36,000
Dates: Sep 15th -> Nov 4th (51 days)
Project By: dobot.cc
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Latest News

A letter of thanks from Dobot Team

November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Dear backers, We really appreciate your support, thanks for involving in this campaign to help us realize the dream. Now our campaign has only 20 hours left. 1100+ backers have pledged over $570K, almost reaching our final stretch goal $600k!... (Read More)

Dobot Final Stretch Goal has been given now!

October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Congrats! We just have achieved $500K raised and 1000 backers, thanks for all your support! This moment, we will give our final stretch goal $600K: a customized gripper for grabing the mobile phone to take pictures and a capacitive pen will be given... (Read More)

Dobot Helps Paralized Kids Learn and Play

October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Recently a moving story happened with Dobot! Not in our original plan, the team has received a couple of inquiries from parents whose children with special needs might benefit from the functionalities of Dobot. One day, we received a letter from an... (Read More)

Share to get 3D printing pen for FREE --- Special Thanks for backers !

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
First Good News: Share & RewardUp to 560 backers supported us until today, and we had achieved our third stretch goal $250K, 725% of our funding goal. All this good results won't happen without your strong support, we're really grateful for that,... (Read More)

What a 3D printer pen can do with Dobot?

October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear all, In previous update we have posted our lasted design of 3D printer based on Dobot. But for simple design or playing with children, a 3D pinter pen would  be a great choice.   With a 3D printer pen mounted on Dobot, the 2D graph or... (Read More)

Manufacturing in process!! && Our second Stretch Goal Reached-Personalizing your Dobot

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Good news!! Our second stretch goal reached!! We had reached $200K, our second stretch goal! It means everyone gets the opportunity to customize their Dobot now. You can laser engrave two lines of words at the base board of Dobot, each line within... (Read More)

Turing Dobot into a 3D printer-Amazing Ideas Form Backers

October 5th - via: kickstarter.com
In the first week of our campaign, a few backers, mentioned that, with the high repeatability of Dobot, we can mounting a 3D printer head on our robotic arm, and turning our Dobot into a 3D printer. A 3D printer based on Dobot? Cool but challenging... (Read More)

News: Dobot Team developed a new gripper with working range 1mm-45mm

October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Dobot Team has been working on the upgrading and optimization of the hardware and software. We just developed a new mechanical structure of the gripper, improving the working range to 1mm-45mm, with a payload of 400g. More objects in our daily life... (Read More)

Practicability(Drilling demo) && Beauty of Dobot

September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
PracticabilitySmall demo about using Dobot to manipulate a drill Due to the limit of the length of the video shown in the campaign, the power(electric) tool kit only showed in a small moment. Here is a full video using Dobot to manipulate a... (Read More)

Good News: Professional Vision Software For Dobot!!

September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear supporters, We have a good new for you. Dobot is pleased to announce a partnership with RoboRealm, the machine vision software company that will provide advanced vision capabilities for the Dobot. Using RoboRealm along with Dobot you have the... (Read More)

DEMO: A Love message written by Dobot & GOOD NEWS: First stretch goal reached!

September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Dobot: to deliver a love message that is touchable.Imaging that you have to leave early for work while your loved ones are still in their sweet dreams, or you are thousands of miles away from home and missing them in a deep night, you can remotely... (Read More)

Maker Fair New York & New $450 Reward & Selected as 'Staff Pick'

September 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Maker Faire New York, we are coming! We really appreciate your support. For this Kickstater campaign, we do our best to present you Dobot with videos, pictures an lots of words, trying to give you the whole picture. But  for the tactical feelings it... (Read More)

Story Behind Dobot— Love you all!!

September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers,  haven’t get a good chance to tell you how we start dobot yet. As an mechanical engineer, telling story is really not my thing, and for a non-native English speaker, it seems more difficult. But in this peaceful night(4 am in the... (Read More)

$20 Promotion code— Special Thanks for Makeblock edition supporters

September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Good News: Stretch Goals && Manufacturing!!

September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear supporters, We have some really good news for you. Stretch goals are here!!Thanks for all of our backers!! In such a short time we are reaching 400% of our funding goal! And here comes our stretch goals: Stretch Goal 1:     150,000$ - A Laser... (Read More)

Share Dobot and Win two Promotion Codes!!

September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
 Share and Get RewardIn the past two days, we have raised more than $100,000. This won't happen without your strong support. We are extremely grateful for that. Now we are going to start our first Share and Reward activity. Two promotion code, one... (Read More)

Laser Engraving by Dobot

September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Laser Head Parameters : Dimension:12*42mm Output Wavelength:808nm Output Power:<500mW  Working Voltage:DC 5V The Installation steps:   1. Install laser head into laser bench. 2.Install laser bench in the end of dobot using two M2... (Read More)

Greetings to everyone! Here’s some really good news!

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear supporters, Goals Reached Thank you for your support and love for Dobot! We’ve reached our goal 150% in less than 4 hours.  Share With Your Friends Please help us spread the word and share with your friends of this awesome robot! You can... (Read More)

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