Implementation and Evolution of Obstacle Avoidance Vehicle Robot

Abstract

Robots are widely used in manufacturing industries around the world for repetitive jobs that are boring, stressful, dangerous or labor-intensive for humans. However, due to high cost of robots, most of the industries in our country are reluctant to introduce this technology for their production chains. In this project, a low cost prototype industrial robot is introduced that travels between the pre-determined source and the destination in an industrial area with many obstacles. A vision-based novel obstacle avoidance algorithm is developed for mobile robot navigation. The state-of-the-art ultrasonic sensor is applied to detect obstacles during its travels. The proto-type robot is light weight and consumes only 4.5 watt. Moreover, the total implementation cost is only $25-30. With these evaluations, the proto-type discussed forecast a promising future of the application of robotics in our industrial environments.