Autonomous mobile robot platform with multi-variant task-specific end-effector and voice activation

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate how 3D printing can be used to aid in the construction, design and implementation of an autonomous robot to accomplish a variety of tasks. A robot is designed using Polylactic acid (PLA) that has 3 modes: remote control, autonomous, and voice activation. Using these modes the robot is able to accomplish two specific tasks based on the given end-effector. The two tasks are to open a valve and to pick up an object. In addition analysis on how 3D printing can aid educational use and high risk situations will be presented.