Introduction: 

This project was done for the Mechatronics class at SanFrancisco State University. This project is a device that adds wireless color sensing capability to the Gencobot industrial robotic arm form Genmark. It consists of transmitter and a receiver units. The transmitter uses Adafruit Color sensor to sense the colors which are then transmitted to the receiver unit using HC-05 bluetooth module. The receiver is plugged into the computer which uses Matlab to read the colors and control the arm. It was implemented to perform the objective that was set by the Professor.

In addition to this we also designed a lab to learn how to operate the lab.

 

Objectives for the class:

1) Detect colored blocks on a sheet of paper and based on the color draw lines.

2) Draw a circle of 5cm radius

3) Draw a square of side 10 cm.

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Robot Description:

The robotic arm used for this project is the Gencobot from Genmark. This arm was designed to transport semiconductor wafers through vacuum. It has 6 degrees of freedom.

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Block Diagram:

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Electronics:

Arduino Nano:

Adafruit Color sensor

HC-05 Bluetooth Module:

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