Design of robot arm following manually controlling medical lighting

Advances in the field of electrical, electronics, computers and machine developments in robot technology have supported developments in robot technology. Robot designs are made according to usage and actuators mounted on the robot in accordance. At the end of these two cases, the robot can begin to work for a specific task. In this study, a robot arm has been designed. The robot arm follows position manually adjustable medical lighting mechanism. Such application is referred to as master-slave in the robotics. Three dimensional position of lighting area made by master arm is calculated. Then, the slave arm focuses any angle of orientation to the position. The simulation data obtained from the study though not exactly at the desired level it has been observed that movement of the slave arm depending on the movement of the master arm. It was observed that even should be studied on the system to obtain more optimal results. The applicability of such a study in the medical field requires robotics knowledge as well as medical knowledge. So, results in practice are not known exactly according to this study. 2014, 82 Pages Keywords : Medical lighting, robot arm, kinematic, master-slave