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Pick and Place Robotic Arm

This is a four degree of freedom robotic arm capable of picking and placing small objects. With medium sized links, the robotic arm can fit

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Pick and Place Robotic Arm

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Schematics

Circuit Diagram of Pick and Place Robotic Arm

Connect four motors according to the following:

Base Servo – Channel 1;
Link 1 Servo – Channel 2;
Gripper Servo – Digital Pin 10;
Link 2 Servo – Digital Pin 9.

Code

Pick and Place Robotic Arm Arduino Code

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In this program, we are controlling the robotic arm using potentiometers and slide switch.

Base Servo is controlled using potentiometer 1
Link 1 Servo is controlled using potentiometer 2
Link 2 Servo is controlled using slide switch 1
Gripper Servo is controlled using slide switch 2

This program also shows the variable voltage on the screen.
#include <evive.h> 

double angle_rad = PI/180.0;
double angle_deg = 180.0/PI;
double BaseServoAngle;
double Link1ServoAngle;
double VariableVoltage;
TFT_ST7735 lcd = TFT_ST7735();
Servo servo_44;
Servo servo_45;
Servo servo_9;
Servo servo_10;

void setup(){
    lcd.init(INITR_BLACKTAB);
    lcd.setRotation(1);
    lcd.fillScreen(0);
    
    pinMode(A0+9,INPUT);
    servo_44.attach(44); // init pin
    pinMode(A0+10,INPUT);
    servo_45.attach(45); // init pin
    pinMode(40,INPUT);
    servo_9.attach(9); // init pin
    pinMode(41,INPUT);
    pinMode(42,INPUT);
    servo_10.attach(10); // init pin
    pinMode(A0+7,INPUT);
}

void loop(){
    BaseServoAngle = analogRead(A0+9);
    BaseServoAngle = ((BaseServoAngle) * (180)) / (1023);
    BaseServoAngle = (180) - (BaseServoAngle);
    servo_44.write(BaseServoAngle); // write to servo
    Link1ServoAngle = analogRead(A0+10);
    Link1ServoAngle = ((Link1ServoAngle) * (180)) / (1023);
    Link1ServoAngle = (180) - (Link1ServoAngle);
    servo_45.write(Link1ServoAngle); // write to servo
    if(digitalRead(40)){
        servo_9.write(180); // write to servo
        lcd.setCursor(10, 55);
        lcd.print("Gripper Up        ");
    }else{
        if(digitalRead(41)){
            servo_9.write(0); // write to servo
            lcd.setCursor(10, 55);
            lcd.print("Gripper Down      ");
        }else{
            servo_9.write(90); // write to servo
            lcd.setCursor(10, 55);
            lcd.print("Gripper Straight  ");
        }
    }
    if(digitalRead(42)){
        servo_10.write(90); // write to servo
        lcd.setCursor(10, 70);
        lcd.print("Gripper Open ");
    }else{
        servo_10.write(0); // write to servo
        lcd.setCursor(10, 70);
        lcd.print("Gripper Close");
    }
    VariableVoltage = analogRead(A0+7);
    VariableVoltage = (VariableVoltage) * (0.0381);
    lcd.setCursor(10, 10);
    lcd.print("Voltage: ");
    lcd.print(VariableVoltage);
    lcd.print(" V   ");
    lcd.setCursor(10, 25);
    lcd.print("Base Servo: ");
    lcd.print(BaseServoAngle);
    lcd.print(" Deg   ");
    lcd.setCursor(10, 40);
    lcd.print("Link 1 Servo: ");
    lcd.print(Link1ServoAngle);
    lcd.print(" Deg   ");
}

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