Picking Object By Using Robotic Arm

International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 09 Issue: 05 | May 2022 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072
© 2022, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.529 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1699
Picking Object By Using Robotic Arm
Hrutwik Dabhade1, Rushant Thakare2, Jayesh Kolhe3, Gajanan Patil4
1,2,3 UG Student, Dept. Of Electronic and Telecommunication Engg, PRMIT&R, Badnera, Amravati, Maharashtra,
India
4Asst. Prof.: Dept. Of Electronic and Telecommunication Engg, PRMIT&R, Badnera, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------
Abstract - The main objective of the project is to detect the
color of an object based on its color and placed it in a specific
location. For Pick and Placed purposes, Robotic Arm are used.
Robotic Arms are one of the most important parts of today’s
world. The Robotic Arm is controlled by an ARDUINO NANO
and using Servo Motor it is created. With the help of the Color
Sensor, the Robotic Arm detect the object's color and placed it
into the equivalent position. One of the most important
advantages of using a Robotic Arm is toincreasetheefficiency,
productivity, and precision of the operations taking place. In
this project, the system categorizes the cube of two different
colors. Using light intensity to frequencyconvertormethodthe
detection of the particular color is done. With the help of the
Conveyer Belt object travel from the start position to the end
position. The Conveyor Belt starts automatically with thehelp
of sensors. Conveyor Belts are used to reducethetimerequired
for the transportation of material and increase productivity.
Key Words: Robotic Arm, Conveyer Belt, Color Sensor,
Servo Motor, Dc Motor, LDR, LASER Light
1. INTRODUCTION
The importance of robotics in the 21st century is increasing
day by day to reduce human mistakes in their daily tasks
because of their ability to do many difficult tasks. We the
humans know what we can do. What happens if we give a
task to a person to sort the object based on color. Definitely,
it will sort the object, since the person hastosorttheobjecta
single time. But when we say to a person that you have to
sort the object multiple time then the person will lose its
accuracy to sort the object, this will not give the same result
as it was given early.
The solution for such a task is a Robotic Arm. The Robotic
Arm performs a such task repeatedly with the same
accuracy, it takes less amount of time. Robots can work both
day and night, compare to a human who doesn’t need sleep.
The speed of the Robotic Arm can be changed using a
program written on it.
Conveyor Belts are very important in industries, like
manufacturing industries because transport of material is a
very challenging task. Conveyors are used to reducing the
time required for the transportationofmaterial andincrease
productivity. The smart Conveyor Belt starts automatically
with the help of LESER Light and LDR. These sensors detect
the object as it comes to its start point, it will run up till the
object reach its endpoint of the Conveyor Belt. At the
endpoint the robotic arm gets triggered it picks the object,
detects its color using a Color Sensor, and placed it in a
particular location.
2. LITERATURE SURVEY
S. V. Rautu, A. P. Shinde, N. R. Darda,A. V.Vaghule, C.
B.Meshram, S.S.Sarawade proposed a Low Cost Automation
System for sorting colored objects on the basis of theircolor,
weight variation and type. The project mainly focuses on
sorting 2different weighing non-metallic objects which are
available in 3 different color sensing load cell, TCS230 Color
Sensor, inductive sensor and DC Geared Motors. The system
consists of Conveyor Belt which takes the objects[1].
In Aji Joy reviews there are many color sensing ICs available
today. In different ICs the properties vary such as color
differentiating ability, output format,price,speed,resolution
etc. In this project TCS3200 is selected. The TCS3200 is a
programmable light-to-frequency converter that combines
configurable silicon photodiodes and acurrent to frequency
converter on a single monolithic CMOS integrated circuit.
The output is a square wave (50%dutycycle)withfrequency
directly proportional to light intensity[2].
The Aung Thike, Zin Zin Moe San, Dr. Zaw Min Oo have to
consider separating and placingthe blocksaccordingtotheir
colors. The TCS230 color detector can measure three
primary colors Red, Green and Blueanditalsohasa separate
white light detector. Since any color can be created from
different levels of these primary colors, the unit can tell you
the color composition of a light source. Color blocksareused
to test the project. The authors have to consider separating
and placing the blocks according to their colors[3].
Vishnu R. Kale, V. A. Kulkarni proposed the servo turn rate,
or transit time, is used for determining servo rotational
velocity. This is the amount of time it takes for the servo to
move a set amount, usually 60 degrees. For example,
suppose you have a servo with a transit time of 0.17sec/60
degrees at no load. This means it would take nearly half a
second to rotate an entire 180 degrees. More if the servo
were under a load. This information is very importantifhigh
servo response speed is a requirement of your robot
application[4].
Survey on Design and Development of competitive low-cost
Robot Arm with Four Degrees of Freedom by Ashraf
Elfasahany. In this paper the representation of the design,
development and implementation of robot arm is done,
which has the ability to perform simple tasks, such as light

material handling. The robotic armiscreatedand madefrom
high quality acrylic[5].
Sharath Surati, Shaunak Hedaoo, Tushar Rotti, Vaibhav
Ahuja, Nishigandha Patel have used 4 servo motors to make
joints of the robotic arm and the movement will be
controlled with the help of potentiometer. The arm hasbeen
built by the Cardboard and individual parts are attached to
the respective servo motors. The arm is specifically created
to pick and place light weight objects. So low torque servos,
with a rotation of 0 to 180 degrees have been used. Thus the
paper basically focuses on creating a robotic arm with non
useful materials and its application on small purposes[6].
In Muhammad Naufal Bin A Rahman, Zol Bahri Razali
reviews the structure of the Conveyor and Robotic Arm was
formed by three sub-assemblies for Robotic Arm namely
gripper assembly, elbow assembly and arm assembly. This
type of modular design is efficient in thesensethatitenables
easy replacement of parts and components during
maintenance of device. Also, it helps in providing
comprehensible design concept and thus, machines and
devices with modular design are easier to be assembled and
managed because of this advantage[7].
Dr. Reg Pecen proposed Conveyor Belt prototype is heavily
constrained to maintain the cost within the limited budget
provided to students. For an industrial equivalent of a real
system, an ideal motor for a similar project would be a 3-
phase induction motor to provide a high starting torque,
good speed regulation, and reasonable overload capacity.
The proposed modular Conveyor Belt system starts up with
both Robotic Arms actively looking for a specific universal
product code (UPC) of the functional block diagram. Once a
barcode has been found, the reader will look within the
ARDUINO microcontroller’s code to find the predetermined
location in which the box will be placed[8].
Utkarsh Kamble, Shubham Paturkar, Pooja Swami, Shivam
Malwade, M. S.Dholkawala, Anand Bhise provides to design
the conveyor system used which includes belt speed, belt
width, motor selection, belt specification, shaft diameter,
pulley, gear box selection, with the help of standard model
calculation. During the project design stage for the
transportation of raw materials or finished products, the
choice of the method must favour the most cost-effective
solution for the volume of material moved; the plant and its
maintenance; its flexibility for adaptation and its ability to
carry a variety of loads and even be overloaded at times[9].
Jaroslav Homišin, present effective value of vibration (RMS)
and CREST factor for analysis of vibrations in conveyors.
Because of the continuous use of conveyors, it is important
to consider vibrations while designing the conveyors to
avoid failure due to vibrations[10].
ER. Rajput, in this book the operationandcontrol ofrobotsis
discussed. ARDUINO cookbook, in this book details and
methods of interfacing hardware components such as DC
Motor, Servo Motor and RF TransmitterandReceiverisbeen
discussed[11].
In Amir Deshmukh, Mahesh Nagane, Vaibhav Awatade
reviews as a color is an interaction between a very small
range of electromagnetic waves and the eyes and brain of a
person. What people call red, green, or blue are just ways of
categorizing what their brain experiences. Light is a type of
energy, which makes up a small portion of the
electromagnetic spectrum. The region of visible light
consists of light with a wavelength between approximately
380 nm to 780 nm[12].
3. BLOCK DIAGRAM
Fig -1: Block Diagram
4. DESCRIPTION
As we know that for any circuit to work correctly it needs a
well and constant power supply. In our case, we have used
the adapter which takes 230v ac input and outputs 5 Volt 1
Amp of current this adapter is used topowertheDCMotorof
the Conveyor Belt, and one more adapter is used to power
the Robotic Arm and Color Sensor system. For the ARDUINO
NANO to work we use the same power supply.
Two ARDUINO NANO are used in this project. One for
controlling and carrying out a task with the Conveyor Belt
and another for the functioning of the Color Sensor and
Robotic Arm.
Conveyor Belt is most important in this project. It is used to
move the object from the start position to the end position.
Conveyor Belt reduces the time of transportation of objects.
The Conveyor system is formed with the help of the DC Gear
Motor and with the use of a sensor formed by the LDR and
LASER pair. LASER Light continuously emits on LDR, which
helps the start and stop of Conveyor Belt. For smooth
working of Conveyor, we use small light weight-bearing to
form roller. Over which belt rotates freely. This whole
system is controlled by the ARDUINO NANO.

Another system is the Robotic Arm and Color Sensor. They
both are controlled by NANO, Robotic Arm is formed such
that it is light weight and can move freely. The four Servo
Motor makes the Robotic Arm pick the object and left it and
move it to the desired position.
The Color Sensor reads the color and gives a signal to the
controller about where should the arm drop the object. The
object is covered with color paper so that the Color Sensor
read the color properly and based on the color the object is
dropped to a particular position.
The timing is fixed for the functioning of processes to a 92
percent accuracy. As if the object color detection is missed
then the system wents to 40 percent accuracy as the light
reflection hampers the system. This can be overcome by
using the system under low sunlight conditions.
5. FLOW CHART
This flow chart gives the actual overview of, how the system
is going to work.
6. WORKING
1) First of all the object comes at the start position of the
Conveyor Belt, at that point object crosses the path between
LASER light and LDR, due to which the object blocks the
path, which causes the resistance will decrease in LDR. This
decrease in resistance is read by the ARDUINOandstarts the
Conveyor Belt.
2) Object travels on the Conveyor Belt and reaches the
endpoint. The object once again crosses the path between
LASER light and LDR, and another time resistance decreases
which results, the Conveyor Belt automatically stopping.
3) When the Conveyor Belt will stop, atthepointtheRobotic
Arm gets triggered and the Robotic Arm picks up the object.
Then the Robotic Arm moves the object towards the Color
Sensor.
4) Since the Color Sensor is used to find ordetectthecolor of
the object. A Color Sensor can detect the received light
intensity for red, blue, and green respectively, making it
possible to determine the color of the target object.
5) According to a program which is written in the ARDUINO
NANO, there is a particular location for every color. The
ARDUINO NANO gives the command to the Robotic Arm, to
place the object in a specific location, and the Robotic Arm
places the object.
6.1 OBJECT MOVING
The Conveyor Belt is designed such that it starts only when
the object comes to its start point. This is done with the help
of two pairs of LASER and LDR. One pairofLASERandLDRis
situated at the start point of the conveyor which is placedon
the sidewall of the conveyor assembly and anotherpairison
the endpoint of the conveyor just like the one which is at the
start point.
This makes the conveyor smart and energy-efficient. Its
starts and stop working automatically. The Conveyor Belt is
driven by a DC Gear Motor. This DC Gear Motor provides the
essential torque which helps the Conveyor to move
smoothly.
There is a gap between the conveyor and sidewalls.Thisgap
is responsible for the proper flow of air. This will keep the
system cool which will help the system to give better
performance.

Fig -2: Conveyor Belt
As the object crosses the start point where the LASER and
LDR are present it blocks the LASER which is falling on the
LDR and then LDR resistance decreases, this decrease in
resistance is measured in the form of voltage change
(voltage divider principle is used)and then the NANO
decides to start the Conveyor until an unlessitreachestothe
endpoint of the conveyor. As it reachesitsendpointagainthe
object crosses the endpoint wheretheLASER andLDRpairis
present. The same procedure happens here which happens
before but for the Conveyor Belt stops. Inthisway,theobject
reaches the end of the Conveyor Belt.
6.2 COLOR SENSING
To connect the Color Sensor to the ARDUINO NANO we use
male/female wires. The sensor works by taking three
different readings indicating the relative " Strength" of the
three primary colors, we can figure out any colorastheywill
just be different Mixes of Red, Green, and Blue.
Which color we want to Red depends on the voltage you
write on the s2 and s3 pins, according to this table.
S2 S3 COLOR READ
0 0 RED
0 1 BLUE
1 1 GREEN
To make a measurement, we need to select which color
strength we want to read by doing digital writes to pins s2
and s3 according to the pins above. Then we read the color
strength on the sensor out the pin, which we haveconnected
to ARDUINO Pin. To make the measurement, we need to
make a PulseIn measurement at our Pin of the sensor.
Fig -3: Color Sensor
The PulseIn measurement :
Is an ARDUINO command that looks at the Pin you specify,
looks for a pulse, and returns a number representing the
length in microseconds of the pulse seen at the pin specified.
This measurement will return a value between 0 and
102400. The lower the number, the stronger the color is
read. The larger the number, the weaker the color.
Since our RGB LED accepts values bet 0and 255. Togetthese
values we map the reading such that it gives values between
0 and 255. This is the example to read RED color. We repeat
the above steps changing the state of s2 and s3 to read blue
and green and finally, we get the desired color output
through RGB led.
6.3 PICK AND PLACE
The Robotic Arm consists of a squareshapebaseupon which
the whole Robotic Arm is placed. It consists of "v " named
base servo which is used to change the direction or rotate
the Robotic Arm in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction
since the rotation is restricted because theServoMotorused
works between 0 to 180 degree and practically due to the
load of Arm and object it works in the range of 0to 160
degree.
The next Servo Motor is "x" which is responsible for moving
the Arm up and down the Arm and the next servo "y" is
connected to this Arm which has another Arm that consists
of a gripper that has another servo "z".
The "x" name servo and "y" name servo works in such a
manner that the movement of the Arm resembles the
movement of the Human Arm.

Fig -4: Robotic Arm
The object when comes to the endpoint duetoa specifictime
delay the Robotic Arm starts to work it picks and left the
object and is placed in front of the Color Sensor which is
mounted on the conveyorendpoint.TheColorSensordetects
the color of the object and then based on the color the
Robotic Arm place the object in its desired location.
Fig -4: Color Cube
7. APPLICATION
The system has many applications in various fields, as this
system provides the sorting of objects and inflow of objects
by multi-sensing.
Mainly this finds an important application in theagriculture
field where it can be used to sort the different agriculture
products like grains, lemons, almonds, grapes, and many
more.
The human cannot detect multiple colorsfastlyandherethe
accuracy is less in case of human being ,therefore for sorting
the objects we can use this system.
In industry, it can be used for sorting various objects, and
tools, with a high degree of accuracy and quality with
automation.
It will decrease the human efforts.
10.CONCLUSIONS
The project aimed to have a fully functional Conveyor Belt
with the Robotic Arm which sorts different colored objects
and the target is achieved successfully. In the final run of the
project, Blue and Pink cubes were successfully sorted. The
Color Sensor IC TCS3200 shows analmoststableresponse in
low light conditions. The robotic sorting systems are useful
in industries and different household activities. It can be
improved by using a more advanced Color Sensor and
Microcontroller. The system can successfully perform
handling station tasks, namelythepick andplacemechanism
with help of a sensor. Thus a cost-effective system can be
designed using the simplest concepts and the efficientresult
can be observed.
REFERENCES
[1] S. V. Rautu, A. P. Shinde, N. R. Darda,A. V.Vaghule, C.
B.Meshram, S.S.Sarawade, “Sorting of Objects Based on
Colour, Weight and Typeon AConveyorLineUsingPLC”,
IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering(IOSR-
JMCE) e-ISSN: 2278-1684,p-ISSN: 2320-334X PP.04-07.
[2] Aji Joy, “Object Sorting Robotic Arm Based Colour
Sensing”, International Journal of Advanced Researchin
Electrical, Electronics and InstrumentationEngineering
Vol. 3, Issue 3, March 2014.
[3] Aung Thike, Zin Zin Moe San, Dr. Zaw Min Oo, “ Design
and Development of an Automatic Color Sorting
Machine on Belt Conveyor”, International Journal of
Science and Engineering Applications Volume 8–Issue
07,176-179, 2019.
[4] Vishnu R. Kale, V. A. Kulkarni, “Object Sorting System
Using Robotic Arm”, International Journal of Advanced
Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation
Engineering, Vol. 2, Issue 7, July 2013.
[5] Ashraf Elfasakhany, Eduardo Yanez, Karen Baylon,
Ricardo Salgado, “Design and Development of a
Competitive Low-Cost Robot Arm with Four Degrees of
Freedom”, Modern Mechanical Engineering, 2011.

[6] Sharath Surati, Shaunak Hedaoo, Tushar Rotti, Vaibhav
Ahuja, Nishigandha Patel, “Pick and Place Robotic Arm:
A Review Paper”, International Research Journal of
Engineering and Technology (IRJET), Volume: 08 Issue:
02 | Feb 2021.
[7] Muhammad Naufal Bin A Rahman, Zol Bahri Razali,
“Design, Fabrication and Integration of Conveying
System with Robotic Arm”, School of Mechatronics
Engineering, UniMAP, Final Year Project, 2011-2012.
[8] Dr. Reg Pecen, “Modular Conveyor Belt System with
Robotic Sorting”, ASEE Annual Conference, Paper ID
#34645, July 2021.
[9] Utkarsh Kamble, Shubham Paturkar, Pooja Swami,
Shivam Malwade,M.S.Dholkawala,AnandBhise,“Design
and Analysis of Inclined Belt Conveyor System for Coal
Loading for Weight Reduction”, International Journal of
Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), ISSN:
2277-3878 (Online), Volume-9 Issue-2, July 2020.
[10] Jaroslav Homišin, Robert Grega, Peter Kaššay, Gabriel
Fedorko, Vieroslav Molnár, “Removal of systematic
failure of belt conveyor drive by reducing vibrations”,
Engineering Failure Analysis 99 (2019).
[11] Er. R.K.Rajput, „Robotics and Industrial Automation‟, S.
Chand Publications, 2014.
[12] Amir Deshmukh, Mahesh Nagane, Vaibhav Awatade,
“Design & Development of Automatic Conveyor
Controlling System for Sorting of Component on Color
basis”, International Journal of Science and Research
(IJSR) ISSN (Online): 2319-7064.
BIOGRAPHIES
Hrutwik Dabhade is a final year
Engineering student pursuing his
degree in Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering from
Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of
Technology and Research, Badnera,
Amravati.
Rushant Thakare is a final year
Engineering student pursuing his
degree in Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering from
Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of
Technology and Research, Badnera,
Amravati.
Jayesh Kolhe is a final year Engineering
student pursuing his degree in
Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering from Prof. Ram Meghe
Institute of Technology and Research,
Badnera, Amravati.
Gajanan Patil is an Assistant Professor
of Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering Department at Prof. Ram
Meghe Institute of Technology and
Research, Badnera, Amravati.

Picking Object By Using Robotic Arm

More Related Content

Similar to Picking Object By Using Robotic Arm (20)

More from IRJET Journal (20)

Recently uploaded (20)

Picking Object By Using Robotic Arm