Cost Effective Implementation of a Human Arm Emulator
Talsania Mihir1, Britto Fiona2, Rajpal Jivesh3, Wadhwa Preet4
1Talsania Mihir, Electronics and Telecommunication, University of Mumbai, India.
2Britto Fiona, Electronics and Telecommunication, University of Mumbai,  India.
3Rajpal Jivesh, Electronics and Telecommunication, University of Mumbai, India
4Wadhwa Preeti, Electronics and Telecommunication, University of Mumbai, India.
Manuscript received on September 25, 2012. | Revised Manuscript received on October 17, 2012. | Manuscript published on October 30, 2012. | PP: 181-183 | Volume-2 Issue-1, October 2012.  | Retrieval Number: A0780102112/2012©BEIESP

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Abstract: Dangerous work environments, like nuclear reactors and chemical plants, pose a threat to human life by the ways of injuries or fatalities. Robo Arm is a simple and highly cost efficient electromechanical model, which copies a human being’s hand movements. It is controlled remotely via an infrared beam, which is generated by using infrared light emitting diodes, which sense a human being’s hand movements. This circuit has been designed to emulate two dimensional hand movements successfully. The actions which can be mimicked include a forward and backward motion as well as a grabbing action is achieved using electromagnets.
Keywords: Electromechanical, Infrared, Low cost, Phototransistor, Robotic arm.