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The motivation for Project two is based on the situation in rural areas, where people have poor healthcare in comparison to the city. Project two is orientated to improve the sanitation of surgical tools in a hospital, in order to improve the condition, without any long-distance travelling. Project two has many applications such as remote surgery, sorting, and transporting. The main objective was to create a container to securely store a retractor and transport it from one place to the other and write a python-based program that controls a robotic arm that transports six given containers to the corresponding destination, placing it so it fits perfectly. The retractor must be held securely whilst being transported and be able, to be sanitized whilst in the container. The container has many features that make it very safe and efficient. The container has a slider cover that can be easily and removed and inserted. It also has a special slot for the retractor, to keep it secure. There are many holes built into the container so that the retractor can easily be sterilized, and none of the parts are missed. It is quite small and can be stored anywhere, can easily be grabbed by the robotic arm. The robotic arm can identify any given container and place it perfectly in its corresponding autoclave. Muscle sensors are used to open the autoclave drawers for the larger containers and then close them. The program for the robotic arm was created by a series of functions working in a loop. These functions include one for moving the end effector, opening and closing the autoclaves, controlling the gripper, and identifying the container. The program also incorporates the muscle sensor, which accepts inputs in order to move the arm and open and close both the gripper and the autoclave that corresponds with the selected container. These actions are based off the muscle sensor readings, activating if the sensor reads between a certain value. Furthermore, once the muscle sensors read a value between 0.4 and 0.6 then it would break the loop spawning a new container. The final piece of code was there to ensure that the arm stops, after completing its cycle for all six containers. The robotic arm solely functions based on the muscle sensor, while the loops are used to keep updating the readings of the muscle sensors as well as to spawn new containers. The code is efficient and ensures that all containers are placed in the right spot for sterilization. It is difficult for rural areas to clean the surgical tools properly, which is why having the robot and the containers will help them keep a clean environment and ensure that all patients are being treated with clean tools. It is very important for patients to be treated with sterile tools otherwise you can risk contamination and infections. Project two allows us to help clean surgical equipment in rural areas where the healthcare system is not as developed when compared to the city.