Elephant Robotics Technology Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 (4010800028)

Most robotics courses show learners an automated production line on a screen and then hand them a single arm on a desk. The Elephant Robotics Technology Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 (4010800028) puts the whole cell on the bench instead: a moving belt, cameras that watch it, and robotic arms that must find, pick, sort and stack whatever passes by. Rather than studying each discipline separately, learners see how machine vision, motion control and conveyor timing depend on one another. That interdependence is where real automation projects succeed or fail.

Robots Europa supplies the Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 from Dublin to universities, technical colleges, research groups and corporate training centres across the European Union and the DACH region. Robots Europa prepares each quotation, coordinates delivery to your institution and remains your point of contact for support once the kit is in use. The kit therefore arrives ready for the teaching or development programme you have planned.

Background

Elephant Robotics and its desktop arm family

Elephant Robotics is a Chinese manufacturer of compact robotic arms intended for education, research and light commercial work, and its range includes the myCobot and myArm series. Across that range the company places weight on open programming interfaces and approachable software. As a result, its arms are a familiar sight in classrooms, makerspaces and prototyping laboratories alike. The ultraArm line belongs to this family as a desktop arm built for teaching and experimentation. The wider range is listed in the Elephant category.

A scene kit rather than a single device

The Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 is a scene kit: a complete application environment rather than a stand-alone product. Elephant Robotics describes it as a platform for exploring robotics and developing applications, fostering creativity and hands-on learning. Its value lies in the combination of components. Two ultraArm P340 robotic arms, two USB cameras, a conveyor driven by a high precision industrial stepper motor and a set of recognition blocks work together. At desk scale, they reproduce the vision-guided handling tasks found on automated lines in logistics and manufacturing. Learners therefore work on a system, not on a component, and the problems they meet are the problems of integration.

Technical Specifications

Specifications are as published by the manufacturer and are confirmed against the datasheet at quotation.

The manufacturer has not published the overall dimensions or total weight of the kit, the speed, weight, exact dimensions or material of the conveyor belt, the kit's power consumption or an IP rating; these points are confirmed at quotation.

What does a learner actually practise with this kit?

Elephant Robotics lists seven areas of study for this scene kit. They are machine vision, robot control, hand-eye calibration, conveyor belt control, robotic stacking and unstacking, Python programming and robot suction pump control. What matters is how these areas connect in practice. A camera with a 110° field of view and 2M 1080p resolution captures the recognition blocks as they move along the belt. Software must then translate what the camera sees into coordinates the arm understands, and that is the purpose of hand-eye calibration. Only after that step can an ultraArm P340 reach a block with its ±0.1mm positioning accuracy.

The conveyor adds the dimension of time. Because the belt is driven by a stepper motor under a Mega 2560 Control Board, its motion can be commanded and synchronised with the arms. Learners must decide when to stop the belt, when to let it run, and how to hand an object from one stage of the process to the next. With two arms and two cameras in the box, a single exercise can include several stations, such as identifying and sorting at one point and stacking or unstacking at another. Each station then depends on the reliability of the one before it. This is the logic of a production cell, condensed onto a bench.

Which programming tools does the ultraArm P340 support?

The ultraArm P340 can be programmed with Elephant Ruban, with the graphical environment myBlockly, or with Python. This range suits a staged curriculum. Newcomers can assemble a first pick-and-place routine from visual blocks in myBlockly and see the arm respond without writing code. More advanced students can move to Python, which is also one of the kit's stated learning topics. In Python, vision processing, belt control and arm motion can be combined in a single program. Researchers and developers will likely work in Python from the outset, since it gives them direct access to the logic connecting camera, conveyor and arms.

The USB cameras are equally open in their compatibility. Windows XP/7/8/10/VISTA/SEVEN/MAC LINUX(include uvc)/Raspberry Pi/Android 4.2+ are listed as supported systems. A department can therefore attach the cameras to the computers it already uses, or to a Raspberry Pi, rather than building a dedicated workstation for the kit.

Who is the Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 for?

The clearest audience is higher education. University departments teaching mechatronics, automation or computer vision gain a laboratory exercise that spans several modules at once, and a single kit can support coursework in perception, kinematics and control. Technical and vocational colleges preparing students for work in automated manufacturing or logistics will find the conveyor scenario close to the environments their graduates will enter. In those environments, recognising, picking and placing items on a moving line is everyday work.

Research groups form a second segment. A laboratory developing vision algorithms or task-planning software needs a repeatable physical testbed, and a standardised kit gives one without the cost and time of building a custom cell. Corporate training centres make up a third group: companies introducing automation can use the kit to show engineers and operators how vision-guided handling works before they commission full-scale equipment. Makerspaces and advanced STEM programmes with experienced supervision can also use the kit for project-based learning.

Buyers whose requirement is a stand-alone arm rather than a complete application scene will find the alternatives listed in the Robot Arms category.

What is the Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 used for?

1. Machine vision teaching: students detect and classify the recognition blocks with the USB cameras as the blocks travel along the belt.
2. Hand-eye calibration exercises: learners map camera images to arm coordinates so that the ultraArm P340 reaches what the camera sees.
3. Conveyor control practice: the stepper-driven belt is started, stopped and synchronised with the arms through its Mega 2560 Control Board.
4. Stacking and unstacking tasks: the arms build up and break down stacks of blocks, which simulates palletising and depalletising.
5. Python programming courses: a single program combines vision, motion and belt control into a working automation sequence.
6. Algorithm prototyping: research teams test sorting and task-planning software on a repeatable physical cell before deploying it at scale.

Pricing and Availability

Robots Europa supplies the Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 on request for quotation, so that each offer reflects your institution, your number of units and your delivery address within the EU or the DACH region. Delivery, customs and support are arranged together with the quotation. Our team will also answer any technical questions about the configuration as part of the offer. A quotation for the Elephant Robotics Technology Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 (4010800028) is available on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which robotic arms are included in the kit?

The kit contains two ultraArm P340 robotic arms. Each arm has a payload of 650g, a positioning accuracy of ±0.1mm and a weight of 2.9kg.

What can the cameras capture?

The kit includes two USB cameras with 2M 1080p image pixels and a 110° field of view without distortion. They run on DC5V 90mA and support Windows, Mac, Linux (UVC), Raspberry Pi and Android 4.2+.

How much can the conveyor carry?

The conveyor has a load capacity of ≥ 500g and a belt length of ≥ 800mm. It is driven by a high precision industrial stepper motor.

Which programming methods can be used?

The ultraArm P340 can be programmed with Elephant Ruban, the graphical environment myBlockly, or Python. Python programming is also one of the kit's stated learning topics.

Is the kit suitable for a classroom environment?

The arm has a noise level of 60 dB and an operating temperature range of 0°~45°. Both figures are useful when planning its use in an indoor laboratory or classroom.

What power supplies does the kit require?

The ultraArm P340 takes 12V 5A input power, the conveyor uses a DC 24V supply, and the cameras run on DC5V 90mA.

Where can I buy the Elephant Robotics Technology Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 (4010800028) and what does it cost?

Robots Europa in Dublin supplies the kit to customers across the EU and the DACH region. The price is set out in an individual quotation, which you can request on this page.

Summary

The gap between watching automation and building it is the problem this kit addresses. The Ultraarm Conveyor Belt Kit 2024 combines two ultraArm P340 arms, two USB cameras, a stepper-driven conveyor and recognition blocks into one working cell. Machine vision, hand-eye calibration, conveyor control and stacking are taught as connected parts of a single process rather than as separate topics. Programming options that run from myBlockly to Python allow the same hardware to serve first-year students and research teams alike. For institutions in the EU and the DACH region that want their learners to build an automated line rather than merely observe one, Robots Europa's quotation on this page is the starting point.