NIYANTRA Documents
(Make sure you follow all the 3 steps involved in submission. This is only Step 2 of 3. For details, visit http://bit.ly/16iNfUL)
Contact Information
Name of the College : Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering & Technology
Name of the Team Members along with their respective current semester :
Suraj Mallik(7th semester)
Naveen Kumar(7th semester)
Abhilove Sharma(7th semester)
Minkal Pahuja(7th semester)
Pranav Goyal(7th semester)
E-Mail Address & Phone Number of the Team Leader : suraj93mallik@gmail.com(+91-98153-36463)
Name of the Faculty Guide : Prof. Deep Mittal
E-Mail Address & Phone Number of the Faculty Guide : Erdeepmittal@gmail.com(+91-8054432338)
Project Information
Project Title: Incredible Ball(An Autonomous Omnidirectional Surveillance Robot)
Hardware & Software Used: Robotics Starter Kit & LabView 2012
What challenge/problem are you trying to solve through your application:
Manned surveillance missions are critical,to obtaining useful intelligence. But sending a soldier into sensitive areas can often be too dangerous. Thus,Our Robot is prove to be an efficient Serveillance Robot To mitigate this problem.
How does your application solves the above mentioned challenge/problem:
The spherical design is simplicity itself. With its large circumference,The Robot will able to operate in most terrains including deep snow, ice,water,mud and sand and also to navigate through slopes and stairs.And yet its appearance is friendly and unthreatening. Inside, all cameras and sensors are sealed off from the outside world. This means that they are protected from bangs and knocks. In addition, the outside world is protected from potential electrical sparks when the Bot is investigating gas leaks.
Thus,Incredible Ball could overcome many of the problems that affect mobile robots with wheels.
Description of Project:
Robots are by nature sophisticated pieces of technology. But that’s no reason why they should be complicated to use or difficult to own. Manned surveillance missions are critical to obtaining useful intelligence. But sending a soldier into sensitive areas can often be too dangerous. Scientists are developing robots that could do the job. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the design of spherical mobile robots. The spherical design is simplicity itself. With its large circumference,The Robot will able to operate in most terrains including deep snow, ice,water,mud and sand and also to navigate through slopes and stairs.And yet its appearance is friendly and unthreatening. Inside, all cameras and sensors are sealed off from the outside world. This means that they are protected from bangs and knocks. In addition, the outside world is protected from potential electrical sparks when the Bot is investigating gas leaks.
For the actuation and movement of the bot we are using a hanging pendulum that offsets the center of mass of the sphere. In this,it has a shaft that is fixed to two sides of the shell and has a hanging mass from the center.
A number of advantages are associated with this robot. First, the total symmetry of a sphere blurs the distinction between forward, backward, and sideways, which means that sphere-bots have the potential to be truly omni-directional. Second, the larger diameter of the effective wheel created by a spherical shape means that more rugged terrain can theoretically be handled by a sphere bot than by an equally sized robot with ordinary wheels. Third, the lack of exposed parts and a strong outer shell creates the potential for an extremely robust robot. Thus, a successfully designed sphere-bot could overcome many of the problems that affect mobile robots.
The Bot will be used in a wide range of duties including automated patrolling of larger areas, tele-operated surveillance, inspection of remote or dangerous sites, live projection video conferencing and monitoring of explosive gases.
The bot can be made to Controlled remotely, Computer Controlled or via a programmed autonomous GPS-based system, The bot size is comparable to an automobile tire, measuring 40-50cm(in diameter), while weighing in at 20-25kg Approximately.
The Bot will be equipped with a large number of different cameras and sensors:
- ü Wide-angled cameras – 360° vision
- ü Night vision (IR) cameras
- ü Projector and display screen
- ü Microphone and loudspeakers
- ü GSM and GPS module
- ü Ultrasonic sensor
- ü Sensors for gas or smoke detection, explosive weapon.
- ü Lipo, NICd Batteries can be used for the operation of the robot as these were light in weight and easy to use.
Insert Images Here:
YouTube Link of Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzeIylQ_764
Insert the Video here:
