Abstract
Teleoperated mobile manipulators are of use for disabled people and for the wider public interested in acting at distance. The high price of existing devices is a barrier to their diffusion. The paper reports on the first design produced in the Cheap Arm Project (CHAP). Itcostslessthan£2000, uses easily available parts and can be assembled by anybody with basic technical skills. The manipulator can reach objects from floor-level up to shelves at a height of 170 cm using a new low-cost arm design. Teleoperation is be done using a tablet, smartphone or browser. The cost could be further reduced by using different servo motors. The design and assembly instructions are made available on the open-source repository GitHub, with the hope that the community will build and improve the design. The first version has been tested in a college for disabled young people who provided initial recommendations for improvement.
Publication Date
2017-07-20
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISBN
9783319641065
ISSN
1611-3349
Embargo Period
2024-11-22
First Page
199
Last Page
210
Recommended Citation
Bugmann, G., Cassidy, D., Doyle, P., & Singh Mann, K. (2017) 'An Open-Source Tele-Operated Mobile Manipulator: CHAP V1', Springer International Publishing: Available at: 10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2_16
