Robotic Arm

Video of Robotic Arm Moving Motors in Parallel

A camera takes a picture of the teddy bear, the object detection algorithms plot the optimal path, and the motors in the arm move along the optimal path.

This video depicts a project I worked on for the Cornell Cup Robotics Team. At a high level, a camera takes a picture of the arm's surroundings. The Computer Science team has algorithms that analyze the picture. They identify an object (a teddy bear), check to see if there are any obstacles in the way, and map the optimal path to the object. The optimal path is sent to the the file of code the I wrote. This file interprets the command and tells the motors to move together. It pulses each of the motors in parallel so the arm looks life like. Ultimately, the arm identifies the teddy bar and touches it.

If you would like to learn more about this project, here is some documentation at a lower level describing how this system was implemented and tested.