Abstract:
The project is designed to develop a firefighting robot using android technology as remote operation. The robotic vehicle is loaded with water tanker and a pump which is controlled over wireless communication to throw water. An Arduino series of microcontroller is used for the desired operation.
At the transmitting end using push buttons, commands are sent to the receiver to control the movement of the robot either to move forward, backward and left or right etc. At the receiving end two motors are interfaced to the microcontroller where two of them are used for the movement of the vehicle and the remaining one to position the arm of the robot. The android application device transmitter acts as a remote control that has the advantage of adequate range, while the receiver have Bluetooth device fed to the microcontroller to drive DC motors via motor driver IC for necessary work. A water tank along with water pump is mounted on the robot body and its operation is carried out from the microcontroller output through appropriate signal from the transmitting end. The whole operation is controlled by an Arduino series microcontroller. A motor driver IC is interfaced to the microcontroller through which the controller drives the motors.
Further the project can be enhanced by interfacing it with a wireless camera so that the person controlling it can view operation of the robot remotely on a screen.
