This project will redesign the arm controller already developed by UoA and Ritsumeikan researchers in our NZ-Japan collaboration. The new goals will be: 1) less expensive control using on/off valves instead of regulators, 2) replacement of the pneumatic air source with a miniature portable one, 3) improved vision based control of the arm based on a specific arm Jacobian control method and addition of a gripper, 4) do a case study.
Undergraduate
A working, portable, tested inflatable arm and controller. Some examples of tasks such as pointing object, bringing a drink to a human's mouth if gripper is available.
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Lab allocations have not been finalised