ARCKIS - AN AUTONOMOUS ROBOT

Published Aug 12, 2021

Apache-2.0

24 hours to build

Advanced

Our team's main aim is controlling the accidents on highways due to street lights and controlling the pollution rate on highways.

Components Used
Arduino UNO Arduino UNO	X 1
em-506 GPS Module EM-506 is a GPS receiver module by USGlobalSat. It provides high sensitivity and performance even in dense areas.	X 1
SIM900A GSM GPRS Module SIM900A is dual band GSM/GPRS 900/1800MHz module board used to utilize GSM and GPRS services around the globe. It is used to make/receive voice calls, send/receive text messages, connect to and access the internet over GPRS.	X 1
LCD 16x2 Display Module LCD16x2 has two lines with 16 character in each line. LCD16x2 is generally used for printing values and string in embedded application.	X 1
L298N Motor driver L298N is a high current, high voltage dual full bridge motor driver. It is useful for driving inductive loads.	X 1
Ultrasonic Module HC-SR04 Ultrasonic module HC-SR04 is generally used for finding distance value and obstacle detection. It can operate in the range 2cm-400cm.	X 1
Breadboard Breadboard	X 1
Connecting Wire Jumper Wires Connecting Wire Breadboard wires	X 1
AK9753 IR sensor AK9753 is a low power and compact IR (infrared) sensor module.	X 1
LDR -Photocell Photoresistor LDR -Photocell, Photoresistor	X 1
MQ2 Gas Sensor MQ2 is a gas sensor used for gas leakage detection.	X 1
12V Rechargeable Lithium Iron Battery LiFePO4 - Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery 12V 7.5Ah LiFePO4 5.95 x 2.56 x 3.70"	X 1
Wheel for DC Gearbox Motors Adafruit Accessories Skinny Wheel for TT DC Gearbox Motors	X 1
L-Bracket clamp for DC Gearbox Motor Adafruit Accessories Motor Mount for TT Gearbox DC Motors - L-Bracket Type	X 1

Description

INTRODUCTION:

The major problem to people traveling on highways during night times is accidents. So, many made a note that proper street lights on the road help people to have a safe journey. Street lights are also very important for people walking on the roads at night. But there was a proven fact that around 60% of the street lights in India don’t work which sometimes even cause accidents. Moreover, it is very difficult to toll heads for checking the street lights often as there are many factors involved. Another major problem due to vehicles is pollution. Even though the older legacy vehicles are smaller in numbers, their contribution to the pollution load from vehicles can be disproportionately high. So, there is a need to ensure better health while traveling on roads by reducing pollution.

INNOVATIVE SOLUTION:

So, keeping in mind these problems we have come up with an innovative solution that is designing a robot that can move on its own on the given path.

Step 1:

Based on the path given it moves and whenever an object (car) is detected it stops and starts moving again.

Step 2:

As we place LDR sensors in our robot, it checks whether every street light is working or not and sends the location details to the local heads by using the GSM module.

Step 3:

With the help of the GPS module, the location of the robot will be tracked and this location along with the street light number will be sent to the respective toll heads.

Step 4:

Here we can even use IoT technology for sending information. Moreover, the smoke sensor constantly captures the smoke and sends the information of the smoke percentage for every 5km. So, by this, we can understand in which area the pollution rate is more and can plan to reduce it by keeping pollution checkers. Arckis helps us to solve problems and make our lives much easier.

BLOCK DIAGRAM:

Some companies like Tehran Electrical Distribution, Teharan are researching to solve this problem, but they were still in the research phase. Moreover, their idea of solving this problem is not much precise.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Autonomous
Can expect accurate output
Cost-Effective

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

Connect the circuit as shown below and your hardware setup is ready.

WORKING VIDEO

CONCLUSION

We hope our project is cool and clear. The most innovative part is our robot is it is precise enough in the detection of street lights whether they are working or not. It can verify every street light autonomously and we can get accurate data. And it is unmanned. By this manual checking of street lights can be avoided.

Moreover, this robot can detect smoke released by vehicles while it's going on the path given. Then it gives us the data of how much percentage of smoke is releasing by vehicles. With this data, the government can get some idea about how much pollution is releasing in certain areas and they can take necessary precautions.