WIRELESS CONTROLLED TOXIC GAS DETECTING ROBOT

Amrinder Chawla, Anurag Kadasne, Enkuang Wang, Gowtham Tamilselvan, Saurabh Pandey, Robert Brown

ECE 4007 L03: Prof. Erick Maxwell

29th October, 2010

AGENDA

Project Overview

Design Objectives

Challenges

Timeline

Future Work

PROJECT OVERVIEW Combines wireless robot navigation and live video

Detects and provides feedback of CO concentration

Allows emergency teams to respond to gas leaks

Reduces human exposure to CO gas

Provides relief materials to the affected

Costs $408.44

DESIGN OBJECTIVES

Remote controlled robot

CO sensor interfaced with microcontroller

Webcam connectivity with eBox

Safety Kit for emergency

CO GAS SENSOR

Parallax MQ-7 gas sensor

Changes resistance in proportion to CO gas

Transfers signal from MQ-7 gas sensor to microcontroller

MQ-7 GAS SENSOR

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HARDWARE CHALLENGES

CO sensor – Testing

Webcam – Spatial Orientation

Safety Kit – Dimensions

SOFTWARE CHALLENGES

Lack of Experience

eBox – Drivers for webcam

GUI

SCHEDULE/RELEVANT DATES

Product Research• eBox setup• Microcontroller• CO sensor• iRobot• Safety Kit

Integration• Wirelessly controlled

robot• Data transfer between

user and robot• Testing

Finished Product• Final presentation• Project

demonstration• Final project report

FUTURE WORK

Addition of more toxic gas sensors

Rearview camera

Faster Car (better platform)