In this project, we designed and constructed a robotic gripper with three degrees of freedom, controlled using hand gestures. This robotic gripper finds many applications in industrial and automation processes. The robot takes input through visual feed and processes it using Computer Vision. This processed data is sent to an Arduino Uno microcontroller via serial communication, which in turn controls the servo motors. The entire assembly was modelled, and 3D printed.

The aim of this project is to assemble and program a motion controlled omni-directional bot. Omni-directional robots are capable of driving in any direction in a 2D plane without the need for a steering mechanism. It’s application lies in tight workspaces like factories and hospitals. Our model is a made using omni-wheels capable of moving in eight directions, rotation about its axis and following a target using Computer Vision while maintaining camera orientation at all times. The omni-wheels are controlled by the motors drivers connected to the WiFi module, Raspberry Pi, which is capable of independently processing all the input data independently.

A quadruped bot or spider bot is a movable robot that mimics animal walking. The bot made by Makerspace lab has four legs each with two degrees of freedom. Two servos were used to control the hip joint and knee joint. A Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller has been used to control the servos.

This robotic arm prepared by Makerspace lab has five degrees of freedom. It is made almost entirely of 3D printed parts that snap together, with three movable joints, a rotating base, and a gripper. An Arduino Uno microcontroller to control the bot while servos were used for the movable joints. The arm is about 20 inches long. The design was optimized to save time during 3d printing, through the use of hollow fill.

A plotter is a type of printer used to print vector graphics. A smaller version was made capable of printing any graphic having size less than 120 * 240 mm. Two stepper motors have been used for movement. Both the axis have independent motion i.e the pen holder and the printing bed can be independently moved.

Automation in industries is mostly programmed to carry out a specific work. But the exponentially growing semiconductor industry has led to the development of economically viable sensors with pinpoint accuracy combined with the internet gives a whole new dimension to the world of automation. The direct consequence being machines getting intelligent and very versatile. Our work here is an attempt to extend this automation quest.