Summary

The TV Remote Passing Robot was my Robotic Manipulators course project.

Key Points

• Designed a serial link robotic manipulator to complete the simple task of passing a TV remote and simulated its performance
• Wrote code in MATLAB to compute the forward, inverse, and differential kinematics of the manipulator
• Implemented a path-planning algorithm using potential fields to avoid obstacles in the robot’s workspace
• Computed the dynamic equations of motion to get the forward and inverse dynamics of the manipulator
• Designed, modelled, and simulated an inverse dynamics control system in Simulink for the manipulator using the computed forward and inverse dynamics of the manipulator
• Compiled a final report to document the design process and the simulation test results

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