Forward and Inverse Kinematic of a Manipulator Simulator Software Using Unity Engine

Robot manipulator is a technology that is widely
used in various applications. Because of the widespread use of
robot manipulators, students of Electrical Engineering need to
learn about robotics. However, we faced problems that are the
price of the robot is relatively expensive and lack of tools to help
students for solving mathematical calculations in robotics. The
aim of this research is to develop application software for solving
the problems that we faced. By using this application software,
students can learn about robotics more effective. The
application was designed using Unity engine and C# language.
The application simulates the movement of robot manipulator
either using forward or inverse kinematic equation. The
manipulators are limited to 2 and 3 degree of freedoms (DOF).
A similar application, RoboAnalyzer, is used for comparing the
results of the designed application software. The application has
been tested and the results show that mathematical calculation
done by the application is approximately same as the result of
calculation using mathematic equation. The simulator can
simulate the movement of the robot well enough. However, the
inverse kinematic calculation can only output one result of all
possible results that are resulted by the RoboAnalyzer
application.