Programming a Robotic Arm

Responsibilities: Assemble a robotic arm from a kit and apply inverse and forward kinematics to program a robotic arm using five servos

Skills/Software: Arduino

Challenges:

• Difficult to make smooth movements

• Had to add delays in every tasks because when we did not, the position was not what we wanted or the robot would jitter. When we added the delays, it went to the position we wanted (with some lag)

Lessons learned:

• Instead of adding delays, we should have tested the voltage to ensure it was not dropping and made sure the servos were getting enough power