louwng/robot-claw

Robot claw

Code for controlling a 3 axis robot arm + claw with a PS4 controller. Disclamer: this code has been written in about an hour and was never meant to be shared.

Hardware

• RPi zero
• Servo Driver HAT for Raspberry Pi
• HD-1900A servo * 4
• PS4 Controller
• Robo arm

Installation

1. Turn on SPI via sudo raspi-config

   Interfacing Options -> I2C
   

2. Install dependencies

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt-get install python3-pip 
   pip3 install pyPS4Controller
   
   

Connect PS4 controller to RPi

1. Start scanning for bluetooth devices

sudo bluetoothctl
agent on
default-agent
scan on

2. Hold Options and the PS button on your controller

connect MAC_ADDRESS_OF_YOUR_CONTROLLER
trust MAC_ADDRESS_OF_YOUR_CONTROLLER
quit