Educational Robot Arm Platform

Authors

  • David Saenz Zamarrón Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Cuauhtémoc
  • Nancy Ivette Arana de las Casas Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Cuauhtémoc
  • Enrique García Grajeda Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Cuauhtémoc
  • José Francisco Alatorre Ávila Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Cuauhtémoc
  • Naciff Arroyo Jorge Uday Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Cuauhtémoc

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13053/cys-24-4-3165

Keywords:

Educational Robot, Matlab Robotic Toolbox, CNC machining

Abstract

A robot is a complex machine that involves the conjunction of many technologies working harmoniously together to provide to the final user, a nice interface to interact. The kind of problems needed to be solved to have a robotic arm involves overcoming lateral loads, power consumption, solution of kinematics equations, etc. Peter Corke’s Robotics Toolbox [1] is a computer library useful to design, model, visualize and simulate a robot and it is widely utilized in the present study. This paper describes the design process and construction of a 4-DOF robotic arm, involving CAD, CAM, electronics, and Matlab’s Robotics Toolbox to solve kinematics. It constitutes a low-cost platform, in a process of permanent improvement, for the study of laboratory courses of design, manufacturing, electronics and robotics, essentials for many engineering curriculums. The platform provides the student with hands-on experience that consolidates classroom lectures.

Author Biography

David Saenz Zamarrón, Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Cuauhtémoc

Division de Estudios de Posgrado e InvestigacionProfesor Investigador

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Published

2020-12-02

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 4 (2020): 24(4)2020

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