Kinematics taught in a typical Robotics course deals with the understanding of the architecture of serial-chain robots or manipulators, also referred to as a robotic arm. The students study the relationship between the input and output motions of the robot. It is difficult to visualize and understand the motion without a physical prototype. A DIY (do-it-yourselves) approach on building physical prototypes of robots using modular components can help in the effective learning of the concepts.
Amrita has conceptualized a novel design with modular components which can be connected to obtain various architectures of robotic arm, which is named AMoRA (Amrita Modular Robotic Arm). This acts as a DIY kit which can be used in teaching Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) parameters, taught in the robotics courses. Amrita has already developed a Proof-of-Concept (POC) physical prototype using its resources, and as in the process of application of a patent for the same.
Through this project, SVR Infotech and Amrita can come together to integrate the physical prototype with RoboAnalyzer® software (a product developed at IIT Delhi and SVR Infotech being its commercialization partner). The duration of this project is one year. After the successful integration, the hardware (robot arm) shall be commercialized by SVR Infotech through a separate agreement.
Sponsored by SVR Infotech (Pune)
Funding: Rs. 8.437 Lakhs.
