DESIGN OF A NEW GENERATION “SOLAR ANTBOT” FOR MANKIND

[ 31 Dec 2019 | vol. 12 | no. 4 | pp. 39-56 ]

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Bidrohi Bhattacharjee1*, Pradip Kumar Sadhu1, Ankur Ganguly2 and Ashok Kumar Naskar2
-1Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand-826004, India
-2Department of Electrical Engineering, Techno International Batanagar, Kolkata-700141, India

Abstract:

The world is constantly going on the path of automated technology day by day and robotics is having a vital role in it (plays a vital role in this section as well). Hence, this robot called, "Solar AntBot" is made to automatically pick and place different objects with different colours by scanning ArUco markers by using its mechanical arm. Two microcontrollers are used in this case, Arduino and Raspberry Pi and serial communication is done between them to perform its job. It is designed in such a way that it is charged automatically when the charge percentage drops below a certain level. Power bank has been used as a backup device. In this particular model the Bot is charged using solar charger to make it eco-friendly, apart from that it can also be charged by any means of electrical power of same voltage and ampere rating. The main application area is autonomous based vehicles and restaurant food delivery system.

Keywords:

Solar AntBot, Raspberry Pi , Power bank , Battery, Ant Hill

 

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