6 Axis Robot Arm

This is my six-axis robotic arm designed in Autodesk Fusion 360. The arm will be relatively small however will be able to complete many monotonous tasks in the consumer household that are both time-consuming and uninteresting. The arm has 6 degrees of freedom meaning it can move and manipulate objects to almost any position. The design of the arm is based on industrial robot arms. However, it is designed to use aluminium panels instead of expensive castings. Some parts are Delrin polymer to reduce weight. In order to have such a device brought into consumer households before 2025 the costs must be kept to a minimum. The end of the arm can be fitted with various grippers (end-effectors) to complete different tasks. In the Fusion 360 model I have added a basic pneumatic parallel gripper for picking up and moving around objects. I have begun work on building this design myself. I used my DIY CNC machine to cut aluminium panels for the arm and have sourced low end parts from the internet. The total cost of the project so far has been under £300, this shows that the concept is both feasible and cost effective considering the deadline of 2025. I have included some photos above of my progress. Thank you for your interest in my project and I am interested to hear suggestions and improvements that people would make to the arm design. Angus French