Robotics Class Projects

Project 1: Eye Tracking Robotic Arm (Eye to Eye)

Project Overview
The 2 degree of freedom robotic arm was designed with the intention to conduct optical coherence tomography (Eye Scans) for differently-abled patients and children who find it difficult to keep their face relatively stationery.
My Contributions
Designed and tunned the PD algorithm with gravity compensation to track an eyeball (circle) in real-time using a combination of MATLAB and OpenCV
The name - Eye to Eye ;)

Project 2: Code Scanning Robotic Arm

Project Overview
The 4 degree of freedom robotic arm is designed with the intention to simplify the mundane task of scanning QR codes in a warehouse setup and hence automatically generating inventory for last warehouses.
My Contributions
I was the member of the controls team, where my main contribution was development of the inverse kinematics(IK) for the designed robot and implement it using a MATLAB script.
In addition to solving the IK geometrically & algebraically, I also contributed towards the design of prismatic joint(double railed) for the robot
  • Configuration of the motors for zero angles
  • Setting up of daisy chain and controlling all 4 motors using the right libraries
  • Matching the Forward Kinematics with Inverse Kinematic calculation
  • Understanding the limitations of moving the links based on geometric constraints
Challenges Invloved