TCR 2009 Version 1.0 (Test)
Project Concept: Cleaning and Collecting
Project Name: Trash Collector Robot (TCR-2009)
Project Version: Test 1.0
Manufacture Date: 4 March 2009
Objectives:
- Collecting trash on floor.
- Keep the trash without falling back to floor
Project Overview
This is the second idea for our robot project after plenty of weeks our group making the brainstorming and analyzing the previous ideas. The theme of TRASH COLLECTOR is same with our previous robot idea, the DESK CLEANER, which is to clean the environment. The robot have use three sensors, which are ultrasonic, light and sound sensors. The purpose of use these sensors is being describe on the points below.
- Ultrasonic: To detect the nearest object on the floor, in order to make the robot move towards the object.
- Light: To determine the colour of object.
- Sound: To give the command to the conveyor belt to stop.
The robot firstly will make a full 360 degrees of rotation, to allow the ultrasonic sensor to scan the nearest object. Then, the robot will move to the object that had been put randomly on floor. The light sensor will scan the colour of the object, and if the colour of object is red, the conveyor will be rotating to move the ball up. Meanwhile, if the colour of the object is blue, the robot will make a reverse. For the red ball, the ball will be move along the conveyor until the ball drop to the box at the back of the robot. Then, the robot will wait until it hear any sound before stop the conveyor motor. The robot will then scan back to detect any other nearest object on the floor.
Problem and Solution
For the robot building design, there are many problems that we face.
- Conveyor Arrangement: Firstly, we wanted to use only two conveyor belt. However, the belt seems not long enough to grab the ball on the floor. Therefore, we need to add extra two conveyor. However, the arrangement of conveyor seem to give us a lot of problems. The front and back conveyors must be rotating on the same direction. Thus, we had try to adapt on many gears to find this solution. But, at the end, some of our peers had come with the brilliant ideas, which is to arrange the front conveyor on the above of the back conveyor. So, the servo motor will rotate the both conveyor at the same time and without using any complicated gears.
- Conveyor Functions: The front conveyor seem effective, but the back conveyor did not able to push the ball to the back. The ball will be stuck at the middle of the conveyor. At the end, we had try to put some attachment, that will push the ball to down in order to make the ball effectively grabbed by the back conveyor.
- Wheel body: The wheel body is situated at the below of the robot. The main problem is the front body is too heavy, thus it will make the robot unstable. This will effecting the robot movement. As the solution, we had try to make a bigger box for the object container at the back of the robot. This will make the weight of front and back body more equal and stable.
The program of the robot still do not working. The robot can detect the nearest object, however it did not manage to accurately move to that object. Thus, the conveyor motor will not be function if the robot do not detect the object. We will try to enhance our programming by time to time.
Later Improvement
In next class, we will try to modified the robot on its design and program. We will try to change the arrangement of conveyor. The front conveyor will be put at the below of back conveyor.We will discuss on it effectiveness on the next post. For the program, after several problems on the previous project, we had try to change on how the robot will function. Next time, the robot will use also the three sensors, but with different purpose. The light sensor: will detect the route, the ultrasonic :will detect the object, and the sound sensor still be use for the same function as above.
That all for today, till the next time, Bye..
::::Pictures: Credited to Azri Razak ::::
March 5, 2009 at 3:06 pm
tada…
nampak smart la robot kiter tuh dalam gambar…
March 5, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Please comment on English.. Haha.. I don’t understand-lah.. (“,)
March 5, 2009 at 3:08 pm
i agree with you about the conveyor…
we have to modified the position of the back conveyor…
March 5, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Yup.. On next class, we will work on it..
March 6, 2009 at 12:46 am
alright alright
our robot look smart in the picture..
hehe
March 6, 2009 at 3:28 am
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March 7, 2009 at 5:27 pm
To comment 4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12:
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March 7, 2009 at 8:20 pm
i didnt realize that our robot function looked alike ‘wall-e’…
thanx for those who reviewing our project…
wall-e?
sounds cool…
hehehe…
maybe we can change our robot’s name into wall-e…
however making the robot works according to the plan is our top priority now…
so please throw in some ideas…
idea idea idea…
come to papa…
hehehe
March 7, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Thanks Mr Azri.. Hopefully you can take more picture after this.. (“,)
March 7, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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photography is my passion…
so dont worry about that…
you will get the best from me…
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March 8, 2009 at 5:31 pm
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March 9, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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March 10, 2009 at 2:06 pm
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March 14, 2009 at 8:23 pm
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April 24, 2009 at 9:39 pm
what is the program and isturctions to build this?
May 31, 2009 at 1:37 am
Please download at box on your right..
January 21, 2010 at 9:25 am
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March 31, 2010 at 11:32 am
do you sell this robot?
we badly needed this kind of robot for our thesis…., hope it will be done!
August 6, 2010 at 9:56 pm
heLLo,
we had uploaded the program used for this program. Feel free to download the program n the instruction of constructing.There is no need to sell the idea. We will be very happy if can help u and ur group for your thesis.
loves
July 15, 2010 at 6:20 am
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August 6, 2010 at 9:57 pm
thnks dave
July 19, 2010 at 11:56 pm
“our group making the brainstorming and analyzing the previous ideas”
What are the previous ideas?
August 6, 2010 at 9:58 pm
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September 6, 2010 at 2:40 am
what if there is no fix color of the trash and the bot has to pick each and every thing that comes in the way….
then how can we give eyes to it?
September 9, 2010 at 5:34 pm
then
we need to re= adjust the program
December 1, 2011 at 11:07 am
Can we have a soft copy of you research work for our reference on the thesis we are working right now? I mean the complete research paper of your work..thanks a lot..
July 31, 2018 at 11:59 am
Can I get trash collector EV3 bot building instructions and code . I really liked your project but I want in EV3.
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