BCN3D Moveo

BCN3D Moveo

A fully 3D-printable 5-axis robotic arm with gripper, designed by BCN3D Technologies in collaboration with the Generalitat de Catalunya's Departament d'Ensenyament as an open-source educational platform.

Specifications

• DOF: 5 (base yaw, shoulder, elbow, wrist pitch, wrist roll) + gripper
• Motors: 5× NEMA 17 steppers for joints, 1× servo for gripper
• Controller: Arduino MEGA 2560 + RAMPS 1.4 + A4988 drivers
• Firmware: Modified Marlin (included in repo)
• Structure: Fully FDM-printed (PLA/ABS), 32 parts
• Skill level: Intermediate
• License: CC-BY-SA (open hardware)

What's in the source

• STL files/ — 32 printable parts split by articulation (base, J1–J4, cover, electronics box, end-effector)
• CAD files/ — editable geometry for customization
• FIRMWARE/Marlin_BCN3D_Moveo/ — flashed to the Arduino MEGA
• USER MANUAL/ — full assembly guide (English/Spanish PDF)
• BOM/ — complete parts list

Originally based on the Hackaday.io robot arm project by Andreas Hölldorfer.

Getting started

This orobot Program is an entry point — learn the control surface here, then build the physical arm from the BCN3D Moveo GitHub repo. The code below is a learning stub; wire it to your own firmware once assembled.