wtf is armada?

Armada is a hobbyist project to build a robotic arm that copies your arm movements from across a room, up to about fifteen meters away, controlled through a wristband worn by the user. The wristband contains a motion sensor that tracks how the wearer's arm moves and turns that into signals sent over Bluetooth, while a small camera built into the arm's base watches the room to check that the movements match what the camera sees and that the user is close enough to be tracked. Those signals are then converted into commands that drive a set of small motors, making the robotic arm copy the person's gestures in real time. The mechanical design is based on an existing open source 3D printed arm design called the SmartBuilds.io MARK 1 Arm. The finished arm is meant to have six degrees of freedom, meaning six different ways it can move, achieved using seven motors total: one strong stepper motor to rotate the whole arm at its base, two servos for the shoulder, one for the elbow, two for the wrist, and one to open and close a gripping claw at the end. According to the README, this project is still very early in development. The creator has worked out a basic bill of materials and a rough plan for how the electronics will work, including using an Arduino, a Bluetooth receiver module, and a driver board to control multiple servos at once, but has not finalized decisions like how the arm will be powered or how the Bluetooth input will work exactly. The creator also does not yet own a 3D printer, so current work is focused on the electronics rather than the physical structure. The README lists specific parts, prices, and links for a shopping list totaling around one hundred and sixty three Canadian dollars, along with a request for funding to help cover those costs. This is a personal, in-progress maker project rather than a finished or polished product, aimed at people interested in DIY robotics and electronics.