Robotic Assistant Arm

Project Description

A student-built robotic assistant arm designed to explore precision movement, camera-based recognition and assisted manipulation. The project introduces members to robotics architecture, embedded control and applied computer vision.

Supervisor: NEXUS Project Team

Build Steps

1. Design the arm structure in CAD and prepare printable mechanical parts.
2. Assemble servomotors and test each joint independently.
3. Connect the ESP32 to the servo driver and validate PWM angles.
4. Set up the Raspberry Pi camera and run basic object detection.
5. Map detected object positions to arm movement commands.
6. Test the full workflow and tune movement limits for safety.

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Code / Repository Notes

import cv2

cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
while True:
    ok, frame = cap.read()
    if not ok:
        break
    # Detect object, compute target position, then send angles to ESP32.
    cv2.imshow('NEXUS Robotic Arm', frame)
    if cv2.waitKey(1) == 27:
        break
cap.release()

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