I for one am pretty impressed.:

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I for one am pretty impressed.:

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didn’t we already have this as Makerarm on Kickstarter?
Same configuration.

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You are correct. I liked Makerarm too :), in fact I welcome as many offers as possible, especially in the lower price range, but until such times any new addition just opens up the market.

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Seems like Makerarm is still just up for “pre-orders”. Both are in the same price range of 2000€ (with 19% sales tax and shipping). Building my own I can get 1.5m linear rail assemblies with motor in V-Slot for about 140eur (when including a margin for power supply and a Sparkfun AutoDriver because they are so easy to control). Quite a hefty difference but for that I get a ready made machine, support and a super easy setup procedure (learning my moving the arm and a simple visual rule engine) to reprogram the robot for different tasks. So it’s nothing I’d use in a fixed mini-conveyor-belt but something that can easy the task of making 30 or 100 times one task, then a different task and then a different one again in a more universal workshop. That versatility without having to do CAD and software development for new tasks sure is a great thing.

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I sure would like to buy just the end effectors to use them in my own projects. Such a suction gripper seems to be very useful.

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Don’t know if the Makerarm brags with a Harmonic Drive this one mentions it so it looks much more interesting than the Makerarm if the latter one doesn’t use a Harmonic Drive.

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It’s probably the reason why they have such a high load capacity.
Also the frame looks much more rigid then the Makerarm. Sad that all the perks where you would get a real monetary benefit compared to the later price are already taken and they haven’t even done update #1 where they promised to publish the shipping prices.