Open-source Robot Arms in Research and Education

Abstract

There is a growing industrial demand on engineers with up-to-date robotics knowledge which requires the improvement of the theoretical and practical education of robotics on university level. This paper proposes an environment for teaching the planning, assembly and programming of robotic arms. Two open source platforms, Nyrio One and BCN3D Moveo, are reviewed from research and educational point of view.

There is a growing industrial demand on engineers with up-to-date robotics knowledge which requires the improvement of the theoretical and practical education of robotics on university level. This paper proposes an environment for teaching the planning, assembly and programming of robotic arms. Two open source platforms, Nyrio One and BCN3D Moveo, are reviewed from research and educational point of view.