Design and Fabrication of Remote Operated Robot with Bomb Detection using MEMS Technology

Abstract

The applications & advantages of remote controlled robots are plenty, especially in specific areas where people cannot go there to perform specific task, there these robots are playing major role. The system designed here can be used for picking any small object from the hazardous place. The same robot with little modifications can be used for many applications, as it is it can be used as spy Robot. The main advantage is that the Robot can be controlled from the safe zone through the remote monitoring designed using wireless video camera and MEMS. MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Sensor) is the device often used as position displacement sensor, the applications of MEMS are plenty and to prove the application practically this system is designed to control the robot as well as the robotic arm by changing the position of MEMS devices. The robotic arm designed here is having two degrees of freedom. The system designed with microcontroller unit functions according to the command signals generated and transmitted from the remote control unit by moving the MEMS. Based on this information the vehicle will be moved in all directions and the robotic arm is also controlled. This robot is equipped with a gripper mechanism at its front side for picking and placing of an object. In addition, the vehicle is also equipped with a metal detector for detecting the explosives (bombs). Whenever the bomb is detected, automatically the vehicle will be stopped and buzzer will be activated as an acknowledgement. This entire mechanism can be viewed in the television set at the control unit as the vehicle will be transmitting the live video signals through the wireless video camera.