Solar Based Pick And Place Robot using Hand Motion Control

Description

Abstract

The Solar Based Pick and Place Robot using Hand Motion Control robot is one of the technologies in manufacturing industry and designed to perform pick and place functions. The system is very important to eliminate human errors and to get more precise work. It can also save the cost in long term and help to solve problems and tasks that cannot be done such as on high temperature area, narrow area and very heavy load thing. This project is a basic development and modification for that type of robot where it uses the peripheral interface Programmable Logic Control (PLC) as the robot brain to control all of the robot movement. The rotation of this robot is 180 degree (clockwise) and -180 degree (counter clockwise). The arm will move horizontally to pick up and hold the object from base A and places it to base B. This robot is used to pick and place the object only in their specifications (between 10g and 50g). The benefit is the robot is that the construction cost is very low.

Introduction

In this highly developing society time and man power are critical constrains for completion of task in large scales. The automation is playing important role to save human efforts in most of the regular and frequently carried works. One of the major and most commonly performed works is picking and placing of jobs from source to destination. The pick and place robot is a microcontroller based mechatronic system that moves the object, picks that object from source location and places at desired location by using hand motion. The main exploration in this project 1s about robotics project including a description of the recently programmed behaviours.

The reports begin with an overview of the robot integrated system. It then continues with a description of the aspects of the robot;

including robotic arm mechanisms their motors. This complete system allows the robot wander about its environment and to interact with certain objects that it encounters.

These wireless receiver module on the robot platform which collects data while the programmed behaviours translate the information into commands to its actuators. The robot’s behaviours include line following, pick the object up, and deliver them to specific areas in its environment.

Background

Pick & Place robots are used in a wide variety of material transfer applications. Basically, the machine takes a product from one spot in the manufacturing process and places it into another location. A good example is a robot picking items off a conveyor belt and placing them into packaging boxes.

The typical pick and place application require high amounts of repetitive motion. Robots can eliminate human operation of hazardous tasks such as chemical spraying or heavy lifting. Pick and place robots have high return on investment when consistent shaped parts or containers are handled. Unlike human operators, robots also have the ability to work for an extended time.

Project Aim & Objectives

The aim of this project is to design an hand motion controlled robot with complete system allows the robot movement according to user input and to pic and place the object. In order to achieve the aim of this project, several objectives are needed to be completed.

(i)To study the concept on how pick and place robot function and operate.

(ii) To design the hardware for pick and place robot.

(iii) To make the system run continuously with less rest

(iv) To make an interface between the programming of robot transmitter and receiver.

(v) To make the robot’s gripper has the function of pick and place.

(vi) To make the robot capable to stop at the desire location.

Scope

To implement an autonomous mobile robot which drive a vehicle without any human interface. It builds by micro-controller all the program is up loaded into the controller to makes its movement and pic the object. In order to design successful pick and places robot, scopes are required to assist and guide the development of the project.

The scope should be identified and planned to achieve the objective of the project successfully on the time. The scopes for this project are:

• To design a program that controls the robot movement.
• To design mechanical structure for the robot
• To fabricate Circuit Board for the controller

Benefit of Project

It can show about the application among the PLC.

Eliminate the usage of power to pick up things.

Prevent back pain/back injuries due to picking up heavy loads by the operator.

Increase productivity and efficiency.

 Importance of Work

In this scenario, the industries having a problem by risking human life in some hazardous duty service. Robots can work in environments so hazardous that an unprotected human would quickly die. Take for example bomb disposal.

Typically, these robots resemble small armoured tanks and are guided remotely by using cameras attached to the front of the robot. Robots can grab a suspected bomb and place it in an explosionproof safe box for detonation and/or disposal.

Includes:

• Semi-Assembled
• With 2 Receivers