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1. Overview

PAROL6 is a 3D-printed six-axis desktop robotic arm with a 408 mm reach and a 1 kg payload, built to work like an industrial arm in its mechanics, its control software and the way you use it. Everything about it is open source: the printable parts, the bill of materials, the control board's firmware, the commander software and the Python API. You can buy it assembled, as the full kit or as the partial kit of the hard-to-find parts, or print and build one from the published files: the Build guide compares them.

In this chapter

  • The robot system: the arm, the control board, the PC software, and how they divide the work
  • What you get: what is in the box of an assembled robot or a kit
  • What you need: the power supply, the PC, the tools and the knowledge the robot asks of you

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