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Smart Robot Arm with Vision Brain

A desktop robot arm where one reCamera on the wrist is both the eye and the controller. It drives the arm's motors directly, so there is no separate industrial PC. Operators can drive it from a phone browser, and AI agents such as Claude can control it through MCP tools, which suits robotics labs, colleges and integrators building teaching or data-collection rigs.

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Industrial robot arms palletising crates of bread beside a conveyor line in a bakery — Photo: KUKA Roboter GmbH, Bachmann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. Shows the setting, not this installation.

7.0%: Share of one camera CPU core used to drive 7 motors at 50 Hz (vendor measured)
3.7 MB: Memory used by the control daemon (vendor measured)
47 ms: YOLO detection time per frame on the camera, at 34% chip load and 5 FPS (vendor measured)
37 to 57 ms: ArUco pose estimate per frame at 640 x 360 (vendor measured)

Results reported by the design's authors on their own test setups. Yours depend on the site, so we confirm them in a pilot.

The problem

Why it matters.

Controlling a vision-guided robot arm normally needs a bulky industrial PC on site.

The flow

From signal to action.

01SenseWrist cameraThe reCamera streams video and finds objects with YOLO and ArUco markers on its own chip.
02DecideArm daemonThe armd service on the camera runs 50 Hz joint control, kinematics and a safety watchdog.
03ActJoint motorsCommands travel over a 1 Mbit/s CAN bus to seven servos for six joints and the gripper.
04PeoplePhone cockpitAn operator joins the camera's own Wi-Fi hotspot and jogs the arm from a browser.
05DecideAI agentAn agent on a computer calls MCP tools such as detect, move_to and grasp in a closed loop.

Deployment architecture

How it is wired.

The devices on site, what carries their data, where the decision is made and where the result goes.

01SenseOn site

reCamera 20021 per arm

02DecideRuns the model

YOLOv11

03Your systemsWhere results land

MCP
Claude Desktop
Claude Code
SocketCAN
WebSocket

04ActWhat happens next

B4 CAN base board1 per arm
Joint motors

How it works

Step by step.

01Install the rebot-teleop app on the camera and power up the arm.
02Join the camera's hotspot from a phone and open the cockpit in a browser, no router needed.
03Print an A4 ArUco marker and run the hand-eye calibration in the browser.
04Jog joints, set poses, or teach by dragging the arm while it records at 50 Hz.
05Install the MCP server on a computer so an AI agent can see and move the arm.
06If the network drops, the watchdog stops motion and backs the arm off safely.

The hardware

What goes on site.

Items we stock can go straight in the bag. Everything else we source and quote with the installation.

reCamera 2002Wrist camera and arm controller1 per armSourced on quote
B4 CAN base boardCAN bus interface for the camera1 per armSourced on quote
reBot B601-DMSix-joint arm with force-controlled parallel gripper1Sourced on quote
Damiao servo motorsJoint and gripper actuators on the CAN bus7 per armSourced on quote

Before you install

A firm bench to fix the arm, with a clear working area around it.
A phone or laptop with a browser to use the cockpit.
A computer to run the MCP server if you want AI agent control.
A printer for the A4 calibration marker.
A suitable power supply for the arm motors and camera.

Good to know

Only the reBot B601-DM with Damiao motors is verified. Drivers for SO-ARM101 servos exist but are untested on hardware.
AI agent pick-and-place has only been verified in simulation so far.
Agent mode depends on an outside computer, so it is not fully standalone.
This is a lab and teaching platform, not a safety-rated industrial cell. Keep people clear while it moves.

How we deliver it

Paper to site, one team.

01Site surveyWe walk the site, or review photos and drawings, and agree what to measure and where each device goes.
02PilotOne lane, one line or one room first. We tune it on your conditions and agree what good looks like.
03Roll outWe supply the hardware in India with GST invoices, install it, and connect it to the systems you already run.
04SupportSpares, remote checks and model updates, with one team to call when something changes.

Questions

Asked before buying.

Do we need a PC to run it?

Not for phone control. The camera runs the arm by itself. You only need a computer if an AI agent is going to drive it.

Can we fit a different arm?

Only the reBot B601-DM is verified today. Other arms need URDF and motor profiles adapted and then tested.

How long does setup take?

About 30 minutes for the app, the MCP server and a first calibration.

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