Title: Microcontroller Based Low Cost Robotic Arm for Rehabilitation of Patients with Set Back in Arm Movement
Abstract: This paper proposes a rehabilitation idea for partially paralyzed people due to neurological disorders or the ones who cannot move their arm due to an accident. Those people need aid for their routine activities which can be provided by a controllable robotic arm. This paper deals with the kinematics and dynamics of the robotic arm used for tracking and positioning the end effector within the workspace of the arm. An Arduino based low-cost robotic arm controlled by a joystick is developed. An alternate control strategy has also been developed to control the servo actuators in a wireless technique by an Android application via Bluetooth. The arm is designed to perform pick and place things which are within the designed payload. The simulation mechanism of the 4R robotic arm was designed using “RoboAnalyzer” software. The arm has been manufactured by a strong and light weighted PLA filament of 1.75 mm thickness. Parts of the arm and joints made of the servo motor casing were designed in Solidworks platform which was manufactured by FlashForge 3D printer. By this work, it is proposed to have low cost, a light weighted robotic arm which may be developed further for automatic control.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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