Introductory Video for using AX-12A Dynamixel Servos

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I am very new to using Dynamixel servos, and when I began a project that utilized these servos I had no idea how to use them. Here is a video explaining everything I learned after a few weeks of using these servos, for those who have never used anything more complicated than a PWM - controlled Arduino servo. For this example, I’m using an Arduino Uno and a Dynamixel Shield as the servo controllers, and the Arduino IDE as the coding environment.
Here is the link to the video:
https://youtu.be/tkV9CPWjtgU

Resources:
Trossen Robotics Servo Specs: https://learn.trossenrobotics.com/pro…​
AX-12A Servo manual: https://emanual.robotis.com/docs/en/d…​
Dynamixel Shield info: https://emanual.robotis.com/docs/en/p…​
DynamixelShield github (for downloading servo library): https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/Dynami…​
LN-101 info: https://emanual.robotis.com/docs/en/p…​
RoboPlus software download: https://www.robotis.us/roboplus-r-edu…

All the links to the resources I used are also in the description of the video.

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Thanks so much for this really excellent introduction, it saved me days of stress!

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ROBOTIS OpenSource Team has actively created covering video on how to use DYNAMIXEL on their Youtube Channel.

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