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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)