Publication: Development of a logistics autonomous mobile robot (easybot)
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Date
2020-07-01
Authors
Ali Hussain, Redza Akbar
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Evolution of transportation had gone through massive changes in recent decades. New technological and engineering breakthroughs make it possible for those development to
occur. It is now possible to transport autonomously thanks to such advancement. This project presents the development of a logistics autonomous mobile robot by using line following method which has 3 features of the robot: (1) Line Following; (2) Obstacle Detection; (3) Bluetooth Control. The aim is to replace the need of human for transportation blood bags for storage in hospitals as autonomous system design. Infra-Red (IR) sensors are implemented in the robot to detect path required for the robot to move from point A to B. Ultrasonic sensors are used to detect obstacles. Bluetooth module is used to manually control the robot in case of: (1) obstacles cannot be move; (2) relocating the robot. The robot utilizes the Arduino Uno board as main controller to make the project runs. Finally, the robot performance is assessed in order to get it to follow the line accurately and smoothly without drifting away from the line. Experiments are carried out on the best programming, controls and mechanical design for the best performance of the robots. From results, the robot able to achieve the objectivesset to it. This development can give another robot tasking that capable of performing logistic jobs in designed environment.