Design and Development of Spherical Spy Robot for Surveillance Operation

Abstract

Robots like humanoid, wheeled and legged robots are developed to perform operations such as pick and place, object detection, surveillance operation, search and rescue operations. The constraints of available robot are in terms of computational speed, cost, structure complexity and space. To overcome the difficulties of the current technology, the proposed spherical spy robot includes pendulum-based drive system with video streaming of live activities and obstacle detection. The 3D model/ structure of the spy robot is designed in CATIA and FEA analysis is performed. The motors, sensors and feedback drives will be interfaced with the structure and the system is driven using Arduino controller. The fabricated model consists of pendulum, drive systems and outer shell of the spherical spy robot. The android application is developed and is interfaced with the Bluetooth IP address to control the movement of the robot. Also, two cameras attached the spherical ball gives the 360-degree view.