Realization of a five axis robot arm and image processing based control of robot arm on Labview

Robotics has an important place within the technologies which are making human life easier and enabling people to be more productive with less effort. An important part of the robotic work has focused on robot arms due to wide usage in industry, In this study, it is aimed to design and implemet a robotic arm that is able to define position of the object and move it automatically.Real time control of the designed 4 axis robotic arm is accomplished by the computer. Robot work area is monitored with a camera which is placed over the robot arm. Image processing and analyizng is made by Labview program. Previously defined objects can be positioned and determined. To reach object by 4 axis robot arm, reverse kinematic equations of robot arm is calculated and angle of servo motors are defined by using location data. All of these calculations is prepared by a real time software which is made with Labview graphical programming environment. It is also possible to control angles of the robot arm by manually operating the motors by software. Also the software which is prepared for controlling robot arm can be accessed via internet. Required control signals to move robot arm are produced by a micro controller which is connected to computer via an interface. In this study, Dynamixel servo motors which is a brand of Robotis company are selected and used. Low cost and enough perfonmaced result of this study has a potential to be adapted for industrial porpouses, educational and research studies.