How Accurate is the Dobot Magician?

How Accurate is the Dobot Magician?

Question:

Just how accurate is the Dobot Magician?

Answer:

Short answer: very accurate. To 0.007″ to be exact. Verified by an independent study student of mine using statistical analysis.

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In May of 2017  I purchased a Dobot Magician from an Etsy shop, as that was the only way to get them at the time. It is now available at In-Position Technologies here from Ben Sawyer. Use the code “chrisandjimcim”  or mention us on your PO and you will help us out as a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help us keep the website going, and you’ll get  US based help and warranty service as well!

First thing I did, and when I say I, I mean an Independent Study student (props to Vincent Paglia , who will be going to RPI in August, see his info below!) was do an Accuracy test. They claim it is accurate to 0.2 mm, and our test on our robot proved that it was actually more accurate than that.  Try that with the robot you use for CIM class now! The only one more accurate in my classroom is my Fanuc, and it cost almost 15 times what the Dobot cost!

For those of you into POE and “data” you can you download the spreadsheet with data points, graphs, ect here: 2017 Dobot Repeatability Data.  But this histogram says it all:

Dobot Accuracy Graph

When all was said and done, our robot was accurate to about 0.18mm overall. That is 0.007″ for those of you in England… I must say, very impressed with the accuracy.

_MG_5137-4Special thanks to one of my best ever Independent study students for all of the work he did this year with me  with the Dobot. 

Vincent Paglia, son of Thomas and Regina Paglia, has been awarded a scholarship from SME. He plans to

study engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the fall.  Vincent has played varsity and JV

soccer; has played hockey at Center State for four years at the bantam and midget levels and for the

high school as a senior; and is also a member of the Tech Club and National Honor Society.  He received

the Rensselaer Medalist Award for outstanding achievement in math and science in 2016 and was also a

Scholar-Athlete by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) while playing

soccer and hockey.

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