Controling a robatic arm using a joystick

[xelecurb]

I was looking into doing a final year manufacturing engineering project on controlling a robotic arm using a joystick.  My plan was to use the programming software "labview " to achieve this.

Has anyone got any idea on whether this would be a feasible project or not?

Has anybody got any hints, tips or suggestions as to how to go about doing this?

Thanks for all your help.

[sdk32285]

Hi
Do you already have the hardware (ie robotic arm and/or joystick)?
How many degrees of freedom(DOF) do you need to control on the arm?

[xelecurb]

Have an industrial robot, its got 5 DOF, but I don't have the joystick yet, I was thinking of a potentiometer joystick and just using the voltage difference to control the movement.