Help..how to control 5 servo motor for robotic arm?

[sapek85]

Hello all, i'm doing a project with robotic arm OWi 535. Instead using controller, i'm looking to make it autonomous for pick and place application using microcontroller. My problem is i don't have any idea how to start to write program for each of 5 servo motor. I plan to use C programming.Please advice..Thanks in advance

[Canabots]

What type of microcontroller are you using (or plan on using)?
What sensor do you plan on using to detect the objects?

Canabots

[sapek85]

What type of microcontroller are you using (or plan on using)?
What sensor do you plan on using to detect the objects?

Canabots

I'm planning to use microcontroller PIC 16F873A, with IC motor driver L293D. Actually, i do not use any sensor but my friend will use camera as the robot arm eye. He will send an input either 0 or 1 to determine the object is right or wrong. He using Roborealm software for image detection.

[Canabots]

What's the motor driver IC for? You shouldn't need one to drive the servos, as they run off pulses from a microcontroller.

Also, I don't have any experience with RoboRealm and such, but it can be used to send a signal to a servo controller (http://www.lynxmotion.com/Product.aspx?productID=395&CategoryID=52) from which you can control your servos directly from a computer. I have no clue about a microcontroller though. I'm sure there's been people on the forum who have done it before though.

Good luck!