Design and Implementation of a Wirelessly Controlled Robotic Hand for Remote Operations

In Chemical Industries, where workers have to deal with toxic chemicals, or In Surgical field, where robotic surgery can play a vital role in making surgery more accurate with less to zero chances of making mistakes. We see People born with dis-abilities and those who have acquired dis-abilities aft

Project Title

Design and Implementation of a Wirelessly Controlled Robotic Hand for Remote Operations

Project Area of Specialization

Robotics

Project Summary

In Chemical Industries, where workers have to deal with toxic chemicals, or In Surgical field, where robotic surgery can play a vital role in making surgery more accurate with less to zero chances of making mistakes. We see People born with dis-abilities and those who have acquired dis-abilities after being through traumatic accidents. Accordingly, this paper introduces a Wirelessly Controlled Robotic Hand system that can be used for surgical tool handling (pick and place), to deal with toxic material used in different chemical industries, and last but not the least as a prosthetic hand for handicapped person. This project introduces simple design of a Wirelessly Controlled Robotic Hand for Remote Operations, comprising a design aims to implement human-like Robotic Hand that will convey movement information from a real person’s hand to the robotic hand with the help of an RF trans-receiver module that holds the communication between the two without any physical connection.

Project Objectives

Due to the lack of body parts, the dis-abled person cannot easily perform the daily tasks as compared to a normal person. Modern technological enhancements cannot be easily affordable to the dis-abled people because of their higher cost, less portability and less accuracy. That is why it has become pretty necessary to develop a portable Robotic Hand System for these dis-abled persons.

The main focus of this project is to make a robust and reliable tool following the simple technique for acquisition of signals from human’s hand and controlling the robotic hand.

Project Implementation Method

The project generally has software and hardware parts and is is divided into two phases. Phase one involves the programing and simulation of the project. Phase two is the construction of hardware and delivering a working prototype.
Phase one focuses mainly on evaluating different libraries and understanding how to program the micro-controller to make it work. The programing is done in C using Arduino integrated development environment (IDE). this phase is subdivided into 
Stage 1. Programing the transmitter circuit connected to the Glove.
          This involves accepting the data from the serial device, i.e. sensors and process it by microcontroller and produce a different combination of values which are mapped and transferred to the Receiver circuit through wireless communication. 
Stage 2. Programming the Receiver, so that it can decipher the mapped values received from the circuit attached to the Glove and process it by microcontroller and translates it into voltage values the can control the servo motors connected to each finger of Robotic Hand.
Stage 3. The construction of the circuits and simulate the devices using simulating software.   
Second Phase: involves the hardware construction for the device.

Benefits of the Project

The human hand is one of the universal tools in nature. There is no wonder that researchers are eager to apply the advantages of the newest evolutionary designs to develop the generation of the robotic hand applications. Over the last decades, the research interests in the upper limb robots have increased significantly. The available commercial robotic hands are described by the low in the number of degrees of freedom and the complicity of the control system. Thus, it has become essential to introduce a new design strategy to help exceeding those limits. Also, the technology development has introduced simplified methods to improve such devices.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

At the end of the academic year, we will come with a complete standalone Wirelessly Controlled Robotic Hand device with a capability of coordinating with real Human’s Hand. The main focus will be on its accuracy, i.e. the way it coordinates with real Human’s Hand. This device is robust and provide to be helpful in the future. It will help the people who has got dis-abilities as well as will be purposeful in the field of Surgery for Artificial Surgery, Chemical Industries and Military Operations.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

IT

Other Industries

Education , Medical , Telecommunication

Core Technology

Robotics

Other Technologies

3D/4D Printing, Wearables and Implantables

Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Required Resources

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