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Syringe Robot Arm
Syringe Robot Arm
Saunders
• The word robot comes from the word robota in the Czechoslovakian
language, which means slave-like work or forced work.
• Typically, robots are used to perform tasks that are dull, dirty, and/or
dangerous.
• The arm is jointed in one or more places and there is a "hand" at the
end of the arm. The 'hand" is called an end effector.
• Robots can do many different kinds of tasks but they still need
humans to control them and give instructions.
• A robot is not intelligent by itself and can perform only those tasks
for which it is given a set of instructions or program.
• Moving the“doits” by hand is boring and dangerous. The company has had
to pay a lot of medical bills due to injuries caused by moving“doits”.
Management feels that using a robot to move“doits” will free personnel for
more important work, reduce accidents, and improve productivity.
• Your department head has decided to put together several design teams.
Each design team (3 people) will develop and present a proposal for solving
Wedoital’s material-handling problem. Each proposal will be in the form of a
working model robot and a program documenting the steps required to
perform the task. The design team that presents the best proposal will
receive the contract.
Specifications:
• 1. The robot arm can be no larger than 30 x 30 cm at the base, with an
overall height of 30 cm.
• 2. You must use recycled wood, metal, and plastic as part of your robot.
• 3. The robot should include hydraulic (syringes and vinyl tubing filled with
water) and mechanical systems (simple machines).
2. Discuss with your team all of the possible ways to "move" your “doits”.
3. Decide where point A (the place where the“doits” starts) and point B (the
place where the “doits”will end up) will be in relation to each other. Does the
“doits” have to move horizontally, vertically, both, etc.?
4. Begin sketching robot ideas. These sketches can be quick and simple ways
of communicating your plan or design.
5. After selecting and refining your best design, draw it neatly and accurately.
Be sure to include enough detail to build the robot as planned.
Be sure that safety rules are followed while using tools and
equipment in the lab.
8. After the robot is constructed, fill the syringes with water of different
colours.
9. Write a program for your robot that will move the object from point A
to point B. When the program is completed, test it and make any
necessary revisions.