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Electronics:

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MG995 Servo was used for the Gripper Mechanism.


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HS-755HB Servo was used for the Arm Mechanism.


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Arduino Uno was used as a microcontroller for the system.


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6V AA Battery Pack was used as an external battery to power the two servos.


Wiring:

  • The servos were wired up through a breadboard. (Shown Below)
  • They both had common ground with the Arduino Uno but were fed power through an external power source. (Shown Below)
  • The servos were controlled by PWM cables on the servos that were connected to the PWM digital pins on the Arduino Uno. (Shown Below)
  • Joy Sticks were connected using analog signals to the Arduino Uno. (Shown Below)

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Code:

The code is set up in a way so that the servos are fed position values depending on the position of the joystick, which is essentially a potentiometer.

The joystick outputs values in a range from 0 to 1023 and they are mapped to the desired range of servo positions.

For the gripper, it had 85 degrees of motion, while the arm had 75 degrees of motion.

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