Cloud robotics in industry using Raspberry Pi

Abstract

Cloud robotics is a field of robotics that attempts to invoke cloud technologies such as cloud computing, cloud storage, and other Internet technologies centered on the benefits of converged infrastructure and shared services for robotics. Our project is a cloud robot which is used in industrial and manufacturing environment. It works on a ROS platform. Here we use Raspberry Pi controller to control the various devices attached to it. For testing this implementation, Android phone, camera, DC motor, sensors and a Raspberry pi controller have been used. The movement of the robot is provided by DC motors and the direction is controlled from an android environment using Robot Operating System (ROS). The controller and the receiver end is connected by Wi-Fi. The data input from the gas, temperature and Infra Red sensors is given to the Raspberry Pi controller. A camera is used to provide visual input of the surrounding environment to the robot. The data obtained by the sensors and camera are processed by the controller and stored in cloud.