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D. Materials Used
The structure of the hand is made out of Poly Lactic
Acid(PLA). Unlike petrochemical-based plastics, PLA is con-
sidered to be biodegradable and environment friendly. The Fig. 4: Arm in Action Fig. 5: Arm in Action
PLA is extremely affordable and its properties make it the (Neutral Wrist ) (Rotated Wrist)
easiest to 3D print with [16].
TABLE I: Length of segments of robotic arm 3) Wrist Joint- It is the third degree of freedom with a
Location Length(cm) full 180° UP and DOWN with a neutral position of
Base 11.5 20°, which is the 4th DoF of the robotic arm. Just like
Shoulder - Elbow ( Shoulder ) 23.5
Elbow - Wrist( Elbow ) 16 the movement of the wrist in a human hand, the wrist
Wrist - Wrist Rolling ( Wrist) 9.5 rolling, which happens to be the 5th DoF of the robotic
End effector 12
arm, has a rotation of 180° and a neutral position of 90°.
Figures 4 and 5 show how this joint is affected by the
E. Mechanical Structure Implementation motion of the actuator.
4) End effector- end effector mimics the fingers of the
The degree of freedom (DoF) of a robotic arm defines the
human hand. This robotic hand has 2 fingers with a
flexibility of the hands used in the robot. The capability and
neutral position of 90° and maximum and minimum
performance of a robotic arm will be more human-like if there
degrees of 120° and 30° respectively.
is more degree of freedom 5 . The robotic arm that we have
used in our system has 6 DoF [17] that replicates joints, the TABLE II: Specification of motors used in Robotic Hand
ball, and socket mechanism of a shoulder, wrists, and fingers to
Name Min(Angle) Max(Angle) Thumb Torque(kg/cm)
give a human-like capability to the robotic arms. The joints are Base Servo 0 180 90 20
driven by DC Gear motor inside and give near-to-millimeter Shoulder 1 90 180 120 20
accuracy using inverse kinematics [18]. Twelve (12) servo Shoulder 2 0 90 60 20
Elbow Servo 40 90 60 20
motors- the MG995 Metal Gear Servo 6 with 180 degrees Wrist Servo 0 60 20 15
rotation is used in this prototype for a balanced movement of Wrist Rolling 0 180 90 9
End Effector 30 120 90 9
links and joints. The motor operates at 12V DC, 3A current.
For Controlling the DC motors, a 5V 4-channel relay interface
board is used which is equipped with high-current relays that
operate within 30V DC, 10A. The MG995 operates between
4.8V and 7.2V and has a stall torque of 9.4 kg/cm. MG995 is
used to operate the hand’s links joints and head functionalities
in this robot. The mechanism is discussed based on Table I
and Table II in detail as follows:
1) Base Plate - Mimics the ball-socket mechanism of a Fig. 6: Joint Angles
human shoulder. It is the first DoF of the robotic arm. It
can rotate a full 180°. Leveraged by a servo motor and a
metal bearing, it acts as the ball of the shoulder. Figures F. Joint Trajectory
2and 1 shows how the movement of the base plate can Arm manipulator control for industrial applications has now
manipulate the robotic arm. The UP and DOWN 180° reached a good level of maturity. For the robotic arm to
movement, acts as the socket of a human shoulder. This perform its task with better stability and without any shaking
is the second DoF of the robotic arm, geared by two and wavering it needs to have a good calculation of its
servo motors. Its neutral position is 90°. The reverse trajectory. The joint trajectory works with quadruples: αi−1 ,
position is 120° and the forward position is 60°. ai−1 , d, θ, and, from the coordinate arrangement with each
2) Elbow Joint - The Elbow joint is the third DoF of the link and joint, the basic matrix has been calculated, in terms
robotic arm and has two movements, UP and DOWN of the base of the arm [19]. It is found as shown in equation
of a full 180°, and has a neutral position of 60°. The 1.
elbow joint will leverage the act of lifting, pulling, and
pushing tasks just like a human. C1 C5 S234 +S1 S3 −C1 S234 S5 +S1 C5 C1 C2 C1 A
T60 = −S1 C5 C234 −C1 S5 S1 C234 C5 +C1 C5 S1 C23 S1 A
C234 C5 C234 S5 −S234 B
(1)
5 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-3-319-19788- 0 0 0 1
3%2F1.pdf
6 https://www.autobotic.com.my/servo-motor-mg995-metal-gear-180-degree A = L2 S2 + L3 S23 + L4 C234 (2)
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