247 Design and Operation of Two Service Robot Arms: A Wide Surface Printing Robot and an Artist Robot Jean-Pierre Gazeau Poitiers University, PPRIME Institute, CNRS UPR 3346, France Saïd Zeghloul Poitiers University, PPRIME Institute, CNRS UPR 3346, France Chapter 14 ABSTRACT The aim of this chapter is to propose original applications and development in the field of robotics. Also the focus is made on the design and operation of two service robot arms. These robots have been developed in the ROBIOSS team of the PPRIME Institute (UPR 3346 CNRS) from Poitiers University, in the context of two different collaborations with industrial partners. The design procedures for these two innovative applications are detailed: industrial and entertainment. The first application concerns a wide printing application; an international patent (Gazeau, Lallemand, Ramirez Torres, & Zeghloul, 2007) was deposited for this device in 2007. The second application was installed in 2006 in the Futuroscope Park: the "artist robot" draws portraits of the visitors every day by using a camera and a pen attached to end-effector. INTRODUCTION The approach in the design for service robotics begins with the analysis of the role of service ro- bots and with the features that are unique to them. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0291-5.ch014 Once the analysis is done, a technical solution is proposed, and problems are solved by using a philosophy that emphasizes compromise and practicality in design. The final objective is to propose a robot service at a reasonable cost with a high degree of integration and a human machine interface that is as simple as possible. Copyright © 2012, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.