ABSTRACT
In modern day, it is of utmost importance to develop and build autonomous vehicles. Robotics offers a dependable and cost-effective solution supporting fast changing agile manufacturing. Their intelligent and fully autonomous, mixed fleet of AGVs reliably move materials between production cells, whether on the plant floor or warehouse. These processes are executed safely and with great precession including 24/7 IIoT monitoring. The roadmap to such autonomous vehicles, begins right from the development of an obstacle avoiding robot. Proximity sensors are used to sense obstacle distances without any physical contact. In our project, we have used an Ultrasonic Distance Sensor (HC SR04) to serve this purpose. The position of this sensor is controlled by a micro-servo motor. Arduino Uno R3 has been used as a microcontroller which serves as the brain of the entire circuit. According to the data received by the microcontroller from the sensor, a decision is taken accordingly, as programmed. After this, the motor driver receives signal and controls the motion of the DC gear motors. This is how the motion of this robot is controlled.
An Obstacle Avoiding Robot finds its huge application in the modern-day industries, military vehicles, and many more. These types of robots have a built-in intelligence in it, which allows it to take decisions independently, according to the situation.
This report explains the designing, direction and speed control, various advantages and disadvantages, applications and the entire making of an Obstacle Avoiding Robot. The robot is also equipped with some unique features.
