Session
Mechatronics, System Engineering and Robotics
Description
One of the main reasons for robotics development was always making human life easier by assisting or even replacing humans in hazardous environments. But in order to get robotics at that level, a lot of development and research was needed in order to solve the barriers and challenges that appear along the way. Solving problems, especially engineering ones usually accompanied by complex tech which is in most cases expensive to implement, and by that, a new challenge is appearing: high cost. In order to get robotics to help humans, especially in daily tasks, the cost of robotics needs to drop but without affecting its functionality, which is one of the main problems that we will try to solve or at least contribute with our research to help to solve that. In this paper we will focus on developing and implementing a new control unit for an old Mitsubishi MoveMaster II by replacing its old and expensive control unit which is also out of function. For developing such a unit, we will use low-cost parts like L298N motor drive and Xtensa LX7 dual-core microprocessor as main controller. By implementing this controller, not only the overall cost of the robot is reduced but it also became much easier to manipulate with.
Keywords:
Low-cost, robotic arm, embedded systems, Xtensa LX7 dual-core.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-47-5
First Page
1
Last Page
10
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
30-10-2021 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2021 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2021.283
Recommended Citation
Kasemi, Roni and Hoxha, Endrit, "Cost Oriented Control Unit for Robotic Arm Mitsubishi MoveMaster II" (2021). UBT International Conference. 294.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2021UBTIC/all-events/294
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Cost Oriented Control Unit for Robotic Arm Mitsubishi MoveMaster II
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
One of the main reasons for robotics development was always making human life easier by assisting or even replacing humans in hazardous environments. But in order to get robotics at that level, a lot of development and research was needed in order to solve the barriers and challenges that appear along the way. Solving problems, especially engineering ones usually accompanied by complex tech which is in most cases expensive to implement, and by that, a new challenge is appearing: high cost. In order to get robotics to help humans, especially in daily tasks, the cost of robotics needs to drop but without affecting its functionality, which is one of the main problems that we will try to solve or at least contribute with our research to help to solve that. In this paper we will focus on developing and implementing a new control unit for an old Mitsubishi MoveMaster II by replacing its old and expensive control unit which is also out of function. For developing such a unit, we will use low-cost parts like L298N motor drive and Xtensa LX7 dual-core microprocessor as main controller. By implementing this controller, not only the overall cost of the robot is reduced but it also became much easier to manipulate with.