The TinMan robot is based on a kit I found from a Chinese company named Robo-Soul. It is called the TK-6A Robot base with a 6-DOF Robot arm. The kit arrived in a timely fashion via post, but arrived with no instructions whatsoever. Also, the pictures on the website did not match the kit, either, so I have basically no guide to putting this thing together, other than trial and error. I will provide an abbreviated version here in the book that will get you through the rough parts. A complete version will be on the website for the book at http://github.com/fgovers/ai_and_robots.
Hardware
Beginning at the beginning – knolling
The best way to start with a kit this complex, particularly when you don't have instructions...
