Leap Motion Based Robotic Arm

As  intention  of  the  research  is  to  help  the  handicapped persons so the main component is the hardware and its design structure. In the hardware new components have been utilized in order to show state of the art of available options The Be

Project Title

Leap Motion Based Robotic Arm

Project Area of Specialization

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Project Summary

As  intention  of  the  research  is  to  help  the  handicapped persons so the main component is the hardware and its design structure. In the hardware new components have been utilized in order to show state of the art of available options

The Benefits of Industrial Robotic Arms

Businesses can realize several benefits from industrial robotic arms:

• Improved safety. Robotic arms help keep workers safe by operating in environments that are hazardous and executing tasks that present high risk of injury to humans.
• Improved efficiency and productivity. Robotic arms can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week without fatiguing, allowing businesses to keep production, inspections, or other tasks going continuously to increase output.
• Enhanced precision. By their very nature, robotic arms perform more consistently and accurately than humans for tasks that require extreme precision or consistency.
• Greater flexibility. As business priorities change, robotic arms can easily be repurposed for new activities or mounted onto different platforms, such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), a stationary assembly line platform, or wall or shelf, as needed.

Project Objectives

There have been vast technological advancements in science and  technology  in  almost  every  field  of  life  especially  in information  technology[1],  education[2],  health  sector[3, 4], and so on  which are  focusing towards the  betterment of mankind. Components are being designed to assist humans in one way or another like sensors which are able to observe the parameters and are able to communicate this data to outside world for further processing. Smart  machines or also called sensors  are  being  designed  so  that  they  are  able  to  simply perform the function by just understanding the gestures of the humans.  Researchers have worked hard on development of small and efficient   machines  known  as  Micro  Electro  Mechanical Systems)  and  Nano  Electro  Mechanical  Systems  (NEMS). This is one of the greatest advancements. Robotic arm is basically a mechanical type of arm. This arm is programmed to work like human arm. Humans get tired of repeated functions.  They  are  designed  to  assist  human  in areas  which  humans  may  not  be  able  to  work.  Traditional types of robotic arms are designed in such a way that they are controlled by the use of mouse, controller, and keyboard or may be preprogrammed. The proposed method of controlling robotic arm is through hand   gestures.   This   can   be   an   alternative   method   of controlling robotic arm without the need of any external component.  The  proposed  system  will  use  Leap  Motion Controller  as  the  main  ingredient.  This  is  a  hand  gesture motion  sensor  which  senses  the  motion  and  movement  of hand  and  then  communicates  to  the  robotic  arm  for  further necessary action.

[1]. Rahat Ali Khan, Jawad Hussain Awan, Shahzad Ahmed Memon, Hima Zafar. Influence of Cell Phone in ICT Sector of Pakistan towards Advancement. Pakistan Journal of Computer and Information Systems PJCIS Vol. 2 No. 1. pp. 17-30. 2017

[2]. Ifikhar Hussain Jafri. Saira Soomro. Rahat Ali Khan. ICT in Distance Education: Improving Literacy in the Province of Sindh Pakistan. The Sindh University Journal of Education Vol. 40. No. 2010-11. pp. 37-48. 2011

[3]. Rahat Ali Khan. Khalid Hussain Muhamamdani. Azhar Ali Soomro. Jawad Hussain. Sadia Khan. Tahir Hussain Arain. Hima Zafar. An energy efficient routing protocol for wireless body area sensor networks. Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 99. No. 4, pp. 1443-1454. 2018

[4]. Rahat Ali Khan and Al-Sakib Khan Pathan. The state-of-the-art wireless body area sensor networks: A survey. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 14. No. 4. 1550147718768994. 2018

Project Implementation Method

First of all we will gather and purchase our components. Second stage is to combine these components together. After that we will program our microcontroller as per our needs. Then we will test, ansalyze the hardware and then generate results. 

Benefits of the Project

Robotics have been used in a lot of projects to help and serve humans. There are people who are handicapped so there needs to be system to help them also. We have taken inspiration and motivation to overcome this problem.

This project is helpful for the handicapped people to work at their own using the gestures so that they do not need get into any sort of trouble that they cannot move and cannot work

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

A. Leap Motion Controller. The Leap Motion Controller comprises of three light emitting diodes (LEDs) and two cameras. These components are used for tracking infrared light  of  wavelength  810  nanometers (nm).  This  light  is  outside  visible  light  spectrum.  It  gathers hand  gesture  movements  and  sendsthem  using  Bluetooth signals for further operation. We have used leap motion which is a new technology and it works  on  a  three  dimensional  (3D)  methodology.  It  is  a sensor  which  understands  motion  from  the  human  hand. Whatever the movement of the hand will be it first reads the signals  and  after  analyzing  this  in  real  time  it  compiles  the movement  and  sends  it  back  to  the  controller  for  further necessary actions. It reacts as per the action and movement of the hand like moving the hand in a way thatif he is trying to hold anything then it will understand the movements and then send it to the system for further processing.

: Arduino  is  a  controller  which  is  based  on  open-source platform.  This  is  very  much  a  popular  controller  now  days because  of the fact that  it is  simple  in the  sense  that  it uses USB  cable  to  connect  to  any  computer  and  has  one  simple Integrated  Development  Environment  (IDE).  Run  the  IDE and  connect  Arduino  with  USB  Cable  and  start  writing  the code and its that simple. Previously we had an extra hardware which  needed  to  be  programmed  first  and  then  connected with the system. Programming language used in coding of an Arduino is C++. It is also simple and easy to program.In   the   proposed   system   the   Arduino   is   controlling   the movement   and   dealing   as   an   intermediate   component between Leap Motion Controller and the motor.The reason that Arduino has been preferred over other controller is that it is compatible with both beginners and advance level people also.

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Others

Other Industries

Telecommunication

Core Technology

Robotics

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Required Resources

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