ROBOT MANIPULATOR

Supervised by: Dr. Buddhika Jayasekara

Srikanth W.S.
Sumithrarachchi S.U. 080486N Tharaka A.D.P.M. 080494L 080499G Wickramarachchi S. 080537A

Presented by: S. U. Sumithrarachchi S. Wickramarachchi

080494L (16-2) 080537A (16-4)

Date: 01/11/2012

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OVERVIEW
Design and development of a robot manipulator Purpose
Perform basic object handling e.g. pick and place as a service Application As an experimental setup for new developments e.g. Helping hand for a disabled person Group 16-Dept of Electrical Engineering

PROJECT SCOPE
Degrees of freedom : 4 (arm) 1(grasping) Workspace : quarter spherical area with a radius of 55cm Pay Load : 250g Suggested improvements: Develop an easier environment for a disable person (fixed by the side of a wheelchair)
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DEGREES OF FREEDOM IMPLEMENTED

External/internal rotation

Extension/flexion of the shoulder

Extension/flexion of the elbow

By 3 DOF, the robot manipulator designed can be positioned according to users desire.
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Rotation of the wrist

Wrist Rotation

Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) of the fingers

Grasping

MCP

These 2 DOF is used for the object handling.

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SYSTEM OVERVIEW

User Commands

PC
Control Signals

MOTOR DRIVER USER INTERFACE CONTROLLER

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USER

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MOTIVATION TO USE THE ARDUINO UNO BOARD

6 PWM pins 5 used (signals for the 5 motors) Easy communication with the PC Real time inputs and feedback available Easy developments (availability of analog/digital pins)

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GUI
The GUI consists of 3 parts. i.e. the position input, dynamic behaviour and a 3D visualization of the robot arm movement.

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KINEMATICS ANALYSIS
Denavit-Hartenberg parameters
Articulation d(m) a

1 2 3

1 2 3

0.14 0 0

0 0.35 0.37

/2 0 0

: Rotation around (1) axis. : Translation along (1) axis. : Translation along axis. : Rotation around axis.
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DH cont
1, 2, 3 Forward kinematics X,Y,Z

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INVERSE KINEMATICS
X, Y, Z Inverse Kinematics

1, 2, 3

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MECHANICAL DESIGN
Elbow motor

Shoulder motor Wrist rotation motor

Thrust bearing

Base motor Base

Gripper

The mechanical design of the robot manipulator is modeled using SolidWorks

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COMPONENT SPECIFICATIONS

Motor specs

Base/Shoulder Motors

Torque: 39.8kg.cm at 7.2V Weight: 177.5g

Torque: 20kg.cm at 6V Weight: 56g Torque: 17.5kg.cm at 6V Weight: 56g

Elbow Motor

Wrist Motor

Bearings: Thrust bearing Links : 40cm each, Al Gripper:

microserver

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STRESS ANALYSIS on
SOLIDWORKS
Following is a stress analysis done for link 1 being fixed at the shoulder motor and a force of 10N acting at the other end of the link.

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DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
For selecting motors Considered both STATIC & DYNAMIC Torques Static Torque : Gravitational Dynamic Torque : Inertial + Coriolis (Centrifugal)

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BASE MOTOR
Maximum torque of the selected motor

Torque variation of 5 movements

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SHOULDER MOTOR

Maximum torque of the selected motor

Maximum torque of the selected motor

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ELBOW MOTOR
Maximum torque of the selected motor

Maximum torque of the selected motor

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TRAJECTORY PLANNING

Eg: trajectory planning plot for a movement from 30 to 60 within 5 seconds is shown below

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MOTOR CONTROLLING CIRCUIT VIDEO

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SAFETY MEASURES
Software Motor angle limits implemented through the software (0-100) Hardware Rounded edges

Safety switches in the Emergency Stop UI (to be implemented) Button

Limit switches

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FUTURE WORK
Develop the software such that the user
can input a position in the x, y, z coordinates.

Development of the GUI to include the 3D

visualization

Consideration of other input methods

Implementation of limit switches
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ROBOT MANIPULATORCURRENT STATUS

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