Design of a 3D-Printed Accessible and Affordable Robotic Arm and a User-Friendly Graphical User Interface

This paper presents the design, manufacturing and software integration of a 3D-printed robotics arm. The robot design is made of a rotational base combined with a five degrees of freedom arm with a gripper. An intuitive and user-friendly Graphical User Interface is also implemented and integrated with the robotic device. Preliminary tests are performed showing that the system has the potential to be used in different contexts and applications, as well as manufacturing environments where pick and place tasks could be performed in a low-cost fashion.