A ROBOTIC SOLUTION FOR AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, EASY-TO-CONSTRUCT HOUSE
Project description: A robot control system that enables a collaborative 7 degrees of freedom robot to perform 3D printing. The system also allows the integration of several external sensors modules to further leverage the collaboration of the robot. For the scope of this project, the Sawyer Arm was selected for its' advantages of being an accessible collaborative robot and offering a human-friendly working environment
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Project ideas: This project was developed as a part of the Robotics subject at UTS. Our motivation behind the creation of this system is to enable the rapid and affordable construction of houses and small buildings, suitable for establishing shelters for people who lost their home due to natural disasters, or people who cannot afford a normal house.
Due to COVID 19, the subject of Robotics was taught online. Therefore, the project was completely developed in a simulated environment in MATLAB, with the help of the Robotics Toolbox developed by Peter Corke. The project was designed with the mindset of making different aspects of the project easier to be set up in a real robot. Further details on how the robot operates can be found in the above summary video. The source code for this project can be found here:
