Low cost radio frequency controlled robot for environmental cleaning

Abstract

The paper presents the technical construction of a robot which is used in cleaning. The term “cleaning” sounds simple, yet we humans face a lot of problems with the disease ridden workplace, a few examples are factories, power plants, Bio-hazard chambers etc., where it is harmful for humans to work. RF signal is used to control this robot. It uses an Induino (micro-controller) for its operation. The mechanical part is the base (rectangular wooden piece) with servo motor and the wheels (plastic wheels) in our case. The material used in mechanical part can be changed according to our prerequisite. The electronic part consisting of the RF signal receiver, Induino and the surveillance Camera are mounted on the base of the robot. The camera acts as the “eye” of the operator transferring live video data wireless either using W-Lan or using cloud computing (in case of monitoring over large distance). The cleaning mechanism includes a normal brush (material of the brush is selected as required) with a servo motor attached to it. This robot not only helps in cleaning rather can be used to monitor things.