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Assistive Robotic Platform for Non-Urgent Household Tasks: A New Design
36TH FLORIDA CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS
Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR 2023) (Tampa, USA, 05/19/2023–05/19/2023)
05/19/2023
Abstract
Humans overcome minor household inconveniences daily without fully recognizing how challenging these tasks could be for individuals such as elderly people or people with disabilities. Those people often times struggle to complete tasks, for instance opening a door or reaching for an item, leading them to rely on caregivers for help. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this caregiver support becomes an unsafe and unreliable solution that can result in a greater risk, thus the need for another solution arises: robotic technology. Recent developments in the robotics field have paved the way for this research, aiming to design a home assistance robot with capabilities to complete the basic household tasks. The designed robotic platform features four mecanum wheels that support a platform base, a lift mechanism, and a robotic arm. The omni-directional movement of the wheels is controlled by four DC motors, which allow the robotic platform to navigate to its commanded location. Further, the lift mechanism is controlled by a stepper motor vertically to adjust the robotic arm based on the requested height. The six-link robotic arm is used for manipulation tasks. The designed robot has a central computer that utilizes MATLAB and Simulink for the developed algorithms. The designed robotic platform's capabilities can include autonomous navigation, object fetching, as well as face detection to interact with users. With these capabilities , the robot can aid elderly and disabled individuals in need of home assistance. Ultimately, this unique platform can drastically improve conditions for those who cannot independently perform household tasks. These activities are part of a larger effort to establish custom robotic platforms for helping people with non-urgent tasks in household environments.
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- Title
- Assistive Robotic Platform for Non-Urgent Household Tasks
- Publication Details
- 36TH FLORIDA CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Conference
- Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR 2023) (Tampa, USA, 05/19/2023–05/19/2023)
- Publisher
- University of South Florida
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 7
- Identifiers
- 99380456297306600
- Academic Unit
- Intelligent Systems and Robotics
- Language
- English