Final Year Research Project Proposal Department of Computer Science & Technology, Faculty of Science & Technology, Uva

Wellassa University.

All terrain robot

Kawshika Pramith Kumara Pathirana UWU/SCT/07/0028

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IntroductionProject descriptionPlan and scheduleMethodologyResources References 3 3 4 5 5 5

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Introduction-

There is an increasing need for mobile robots which are able to operate in environments with highly uneven terrain. These robots are mainly used to handle tasks which humans cannot do and which are not safe. Such tasks include 1. Land mine detecting 2. Search and rescue in the damaged buildings after an earthquake where humans are not able to access due to the danger of unstable structures 3. To help scientists in the exploration of volcanoes 4. in highly polluted environments which are not accessible due to the risk of present in toxins 5. Planetary exploration These robots can be sent to gather various kind of information with various kinds of sensors. To accomplish these tasks successfully, the robots have to have the ability to move over obstacles, in other words, they need increased mobile capabilities. Different types of locomotion have been identified; the most important among them are wheeled, legged, and tracked locomotion. Each of these types has different advantages and disadvantages.

Project description-

This project is about the design and construction of an all terrain robot which is used to detect land mines. In order to detect land mines, the detecting device should be held at a constant clearance with the ground. But when the robot is moving through a highly uneven terrain, the land mine detecting device may not work accurately due to change of the clearance with the ground. This will cause very harmful results if it misses a single land mine. There for this project pay the consideration of designing and constructing an all terrain robot, which is capable of handling the land mine detecting device at a constant clearance.

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Plan and schedule1. Literature survey Find out previous projects related to the topic. Study different mechanisms to enhance the stability in uneven terrain. Collect images and videos related to the topic. 2. Feasibility study Identify the constraints, problems and risk. Identify the available devices and components in the local market. 3. Doing experiment on different mechanisms with previously gathered knowledge. 4. Identifying feasible solution (mechanism) Caring out further experiments to obtain better solution. Simulating the mechanism. 5. Constructing the robot platform. 6. Constructing circuitry Designing the circuit. Making the printed circuit board (PCB) 7. Programming and simulating. 8. Assembling, testing and recording performance data. Week no.
task 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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Methodology1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Identifying and designing the most suitable mechanism. Simulating the mechanism. Constructing the mechanism and robot platform. Designing and constructing the circuit board. Developing the program. Assembling and testing.

Resources Programming languagesCCS C compiler PIC basic

AutoCAD 2010 Pro ENGENEER 5.0 EAGLE 5.0.0 MATLAB 7.1 Related PDF files, eBooks and web sites.

References
Roland Siegwart, Illah R.Nourbakhsh, introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots (2004), The MIT PressCambridge. Fred G. Martin, Second edition, Robot Builders Guide(1992), Pete Miles, Tom Carroll, Build Your Own Combat Robot,(2002), The McGraw-Hill Companies. http://www.mobilerobots.org/ http://www.letsmakerobots.com/

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