31-10-2012, 05:19 PM
Fire Fighting Robot Design
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Problem Statement
Objectives
Design a robotic device to seek a candle flame within mock house and extinguish.
Robot will be taken to Trinity College to compete in Firefighting Robot Contest
Benefits
Furthering robotics knowledge of group members and society.
Small scale version could lead to improvements or a new design for a large scale firefighting robot.
Allowing team to use engineering skills and teamwork to solve multidisciplinary tasks
MC68HC11
Advantages
HC11 and ModCon controller obtained – no expense
Familiar usage
Can be programmed in C
32 KB of RAM available in extended mode
Disadvantages
Non user friendly hardware interfacing
The Sensors
Sensors were needed to detect vicinity of candle flame, exact location of candle flame, and robot’s proximity to maze walls
Several sensors chosen
Hamamatsu UVTron Flame detector
Eltec Pyroelectric Sensor
Sharp GP2D02 IR Sensors
Optical Encoder
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Problem Statement
Objectives
Design a robotic device to seek a candle flame within mock house and extinguish.
Robot will be taken to Trinity College to compete in Firefighting Robot Contest
Benefits
Furthering robotics knowledge of group members and society.
Small scale version could lead to improvements or a new design for a large scale firefighting robot.
Allowing team to use engineering skills and teamwork to solve multidisciplinary tasks
MC68HC11
Advantages
HC11 and ModCon controller obtained – no expense
Familiar usage
Can be programmed in C
32 KB of RAM available in extended mode
Disadvantages
Non user friendly hardware interfacing
The Sensors
Sensors were needed to detect vicinity of candle flame, exact location of candle flame, and robot’s proximity to maze walls
Several sensors chosen
Hamamatsu UVTron Flame detector
Eltec Pyroelectric Sensor
Sharp GP2D02 IR Sensors
Optical Encoder