[15] Robotic SLR-Camera Head/Dolly

Year:2015 Technique: CATIA | 3D printing | Lasercutting | Arduino | VB.net Development of 3-axis (pan/tilt/travel) camera robot. Int...

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[15] Robotic SLR-Camera Head/Dolly


Year:2015
Technique: CATIA | 3D printing | Lasercutting | Arduino | VB.net


Development of 3-axis (pan/tilt/travel) camera robot. Interface was written in VB.net and output was an Arduino-ready sketch with paths & speeds.


SLR pan + travel #hyperlapse robot test 2 20min in 30sec from Jim Catan on Vimeo.




[10] 5-axis Lego Mindstorms CNC [ProofOfConcept]


Lego 5 axis CNC Concept Test from Jim Catan on Vimeo.

Year: 2010
Technique: Lego Mindstorms



[16] Dough extrusion 2D-CNC-plotter for FabAcademy16



Year 2016
Technique: CATIA | 3Dprinting | Acrylic lasercutting | Gestalt Modules

Full design from ground up of a 2Dplotter for edible dough extrusion. Part of MIT's FabAcademy 2016 "Machine Design" Module. Developed in team @ FabLab Puebla, Mexico. Designed by James Catán.


Full documentation can be found here.

[15] Knee prosthesis reverse engineering


Year: 2015
Technique: 3D Scanning | CATIA | 4-axis CNC-milling

Surface rebuild & projection for engineering of the first knee prosthesis developed in México. Scanning & milling was done by 3rd party.

[15] Handheld Tilting Crane for Sony ActionCam

Year: 2015
Technique: CATIA | 3D-printing

Prototype for mechanical underwater handheld tilting crane. Proof of concept to take aereal-to-underwater shots.

[16] Carbon Fibre Robotic Camera Gimbal [ProofofConcept]



Year 2016
Technique: CATIA | 3Dprinting | Carbon fibre


Proof of concept for a 3-axis robotic camera gimbal using composite 3Dprinted parts and carbon fibre rods.

[15 - 16] Electronic Pan/Tilt robot for Sony ActionCam


Year: 2015-16
Technique: CATIA | 3D-printing

Prototype for Arduino-controlled Pan/Tilt camera robot for Sony ActionCam.

[10] Lego/Dremel Mini CNC proof of concept

Year: 2010
Technique: Lego Technic/Mindstorms 

Proof of concept for a 3-axis CNC milling machine made entirely out of Lego.

[08] Motorized zooming7triggering Lego robot for Nikon D80


Year: 2008
Technique: Lego Technic set.