Design and Fabrication of an Affordable SCARA 4-DOF Robotic Manipulator for Pick and Place Objects

Abstract

Automation of industrial sector is growing rapidly due to deployment of precision robots. In this article, we present a low cost local manufactured 4 degree of freedom (DOF) pick and place robotic manipulator can be used for industrial assembly line applications such as textile, automobile and agriculture sectors. The main concerns persist in most of these robotic manipulators are precision and control. To emphasis on this we used Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA) to automate pick and place tasks. Our designed robotic arm can carry maximum payload of 2 kg with an arm length of 300mm. We also discuss in detail the fabrication process and testing results of our developed SCARA robotic manipulator.