Proceedings of the 2025 2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Intelligent Control (EEIC 2025)

Research on the Development and Challenges of Robotic Arm Applications

Authors
Yuhan Mao1, *
1School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, China
*Corresponding author. Email: yuhanmao@whut.edu.cn
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Yuhan Mao
Available Online 23 October 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-864-6_25How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Robotic Arms; Applications; Challenges and Development
Abstract

A robotic arm is a device designed to emulate the functions of a human arm and execute many activities. This article carefully examines the essential principles that regulate robotic arms, including mechanical structure, motion control, and path planning. We classify modern robotic arms into three primary categories: Cartesian coordinate robotic arms, cylindrical coordinate robotic arms, and articulated robotic arms, and examine their attributes. This article examines the contemporary industrial applications of robotic arms in medical surgeries, the food sector, and the aerospace industry, emphasizing a case study on robotic cholecystectomy for gallbladder cancer treatment. It specifically tackles emerging challenges, including restricted environmental adaptability, limitations in human-robot interaction, and elevated costs. The article forecasts the developmental trends of robotic arms by examining methods of multi-technology integration and multi-robot collaboration, thereby offering insights for their future advancement. This paper systematically analyzes the key principles, classification and applications of robotic arms, and proposes future development directions in response to current technical challenges. It provides important theoretical basis and practical guidance for promoting breakthroughs in robotic arm technology in terms of intelligence, precision and collaboration, and has profound significance for promoting progress in fields such as industrial automation and minimally invasive medical treatment.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Intelligent Control (EEIC 2025)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
23 October 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-864-6
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-864-6_25How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2025 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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