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An Obstacle Avoiding Vacuum Cleaner
Robot
COURSE NO. : ME-362
INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT SESSIONAL
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGENEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
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SUPERVISED BY:
DR. M. A. TAHER ALI
PROFESS0R, DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BUET.
DR. MD. ABDUR RASHID SARKAR
PROFESS0R, DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BUET.
DR. MUHAMMED MAHBUBUR RAZZAQUE
ASSOCIATE PROFESS0R, DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BUET.
A.K.M. MONJUR MORSHED
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR , DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BUET.
MD. AL-AMIN KHAN CHOWDHURI
LECTURER, DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BUET.
MD. WASIM AKRAM
LECTURER, DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BUET.
ABDUL MOTIN
LECTURER, DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BUET.
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ACCOMPLISHED BY
GROUP NO. B17
GROUP MEMBER
SHUVRA BANIK (Team Leader) #0510094
MD. JUBAYER HOSSAIN #0510077
MD. YEASIN BHUIYAN #0510085
MD. NURUZZAMAN BHUIAN #0510086
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Starting with the name of Almighty we would like to pass our gratitude to him for completing
our project timely and successfully.
Beginning from the project proposal, the journey was never easy for us all the way through.
With the very little knowledge and experience, it was always going to be tough for us. Without
the help of few generous people, all our hard work would have gone into vain.
First of all, we would like to express our heartiest gratitude to our course teacher Dr. Md. Abdur
Rashid Sarkar sir. He was always there in our aid, as far as advices and suggestions are
concerned. We are also grateful to A.K.M. Monjur Morshed,Md. Al-amin Khan Chowdhuri, Md.Wasim Akram, Abdul Motin for helping us in different prospect of our project.
Assistant instrument engineer of Instrumentation and Measurement lab, Mr. Masudur Rahman
is one person whom we would never forget to mention. He was ever so cordial and good-
humored to serve us with whatever we needed. We are also thankful to the lab assistants of
the machine shop, welding shop and carpentry shop, who helped us in constructing the project.
Last but not the least, we should not also forget our friends and classmates who continuously
encouraged us and shared their ideas.
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CONTENTS
TOPIC PAGE NO.
INTRODUCTION 01
ABSTRACT 02
OBJECTIVES 03
BASIC COMPONENTS 04
MECHANICAL COMPONENTS 05-07
ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 08-12
OTHER ELEMENTS 13
WORKING PRINCIPLES 14-19
APPLICATIONS &
COMMERCIALIZATION
20
LIMITATIONS 21
COST ANALYSIS 22
CONCLUSION 23
REFERENCES 24
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INTRODUCTION
As engineering practice goes mainly for autonomous control over expected operations, robotic
appliances have a vast field of applications. In other words, it is the heart of mechanical
engineering.
A vacuum cleaner is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust
and dirt, usually from floors or carpets. Most homes with carpeted floors in developed
countries possess a vacuum cleaner for cleaning. These are the conventional human pushed
vacuum cleaner. But we thought in a different way. A robotic vacuum cleaner is the first step
towards our thoughts. A robotic vacuum cleaner is meant to supplement a standard, human-
pushed vacuum cleaner. It drives around the room autonomously to clean it. It will start
cleaning when the power button is switched on. Whenever there is any obstacle in front of the
cleaner it just changes its direction automatically and goes in the other way. It has also got the
ability of automatic shut down. The cleaning part of our project is based on Bernoulli's
Principle, which states that as the speed of air increases, the pressure decreases. Air will always
flow from a high-pressure area to a low-pressure area to balance out the pressure. The robotic
part is microcontroller based. The obvious outcome of the combination of these two parts is
the robotic vacuum cleaner and thats our ultimate objective.
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ABSTRACT
A vacuum cleaner is not a new concept in the field of mechanical engineering, but when itcomes about a robotic vacuum cleaner, its something new and different. Its not like the
conventional human pushed vacuum cleaner. It has got an autonomous control with the ability
of avoiding obstacle. The vacuum cleaner has an intake port where air enters and an exhaust
port where air exits. A centrifugal fan inside the cleaner, forces air towards the exhaust port at
a high speed, which lowers the pressure of the air inside according to Bernoulli's Principle. This
creates suction - the higher pressure air from outside the vacuum rushes in through the intake
port to replace the lower-pressure air. The incoming air particles rub against any loose dust or
debris from the floor or carpet and carry these in the exhaust port which is a glass box. There
are two holes in the box covered with nets. The dirt is trapped in the nets, but the air passes
right through the holes to the environment. A brush is placed at the intake port, which kick dust
and dirt loose from the carpet so it can be picked up by the air stream.
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OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of our project are:
To model a vacuum cleaner with robotic control.
To save time and power by automatic control.
To make the task of cleaning easier.
To come up with some new ideas concerning vacuum cleaning.
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BASIC COMPONENTS:
The basic elements, we used are of two types :
1. Mechanical Components2. Electrical Components
Fig: A conventional vacuum cleaner
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1. Mechanical Components :
SPECIALLY DESIGNED FAN :The fan is so designed that it can create pressure difference between
bottom and upper portion. It is a backward curved type centrifugal fan. It is rotated by a motor.
Fig: Specially designed fan
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WHEELS :Four wheels are used in this project .The front two wheels are given power & are
controlled by two motors .Two revolving wheels are also used for bearing loads placed on the
board.
Fig: Nylon wheel and revolving wheel
D.C. MOTOR :An electric motor is a machine which converts electrical energy into
mechanical energy. Its action is based on the principle that when a current-carrying conduction
is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a mechanical force.
Fig: DC motor
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GEAR MOTOR :We used two gear motors to control the two front wheels individually.
Fig: Gear motor
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2. ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS :
* * CIRCUIT ELEMENTS **
RESISTORS :A device which is us used to resist current in an electrical circuit.
Resistors can be made from different material. But the most common is carbon composition
(Graphite plus binding agent).Basically it is small and thin section of carbon composition with
Lead at each end.
Resistance is measured in Ohms & is represented by the Greek symbol Omega. To abbreviate
a bit ,prefixes are generally used to indicate a multiplier or resistance value. Typically we see
just two of these :
K=thousand ; 1K =1,000
M=million ; 1M =1,000,000 =1000 K
Fig: Resistance
VARIABLE RESISTANCE :Variable resistance shows different values of resistance in
different position within a predefined range. In our circuit we used 100 k variable
resistance.
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L.E.D. ( Light Emitting Diode) :It is one kind of color bulb.It emits visible light when current
passes in forward direction.It also has polarity.Generally it can withstand 5 to 25 mA of
current.So , a fixed variable resistor is used in series for its safety.
Fig: LED
MOSFET :The metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistoris a device, used to
amplify or switch electronic signals. It is by far the most common field effect transistor
in both digital & analog circuits. It is composed of a channel of p-type & n-type
semiconductor material & is accordingly called a PMOSFET & an NMOSFET.
IRF840 is used to drive each dc motor connected with two front wheel.
33 A , 100V , 0.04 , N-Channel Power MOSFET
Ultra low On-Resistance
Fig: Mosfet
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MICRO-CONTROLLER:ATmega-8 microcontroller is used in our project. The feature are
given below :
Fig: Micro-controller
Fig: Pin configuration
IC (INTEGRATED CIRCUIT) 7805:Some types of chips are particularly sensitive to voltage fluctuations. The 7805 power
regulator will take any voltage between 6V and 12V DC and turn it into a smooth 5V to
power the chips. The easiest method of building the circuit is on and electric breadboard.
They are available at all electronics stores.
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IR (INFRA-RED) TRANSMITTER :It is used to send infra-red which will be reflected
somehow if there is an object in front of it.
IR (INFRA-RED) RECEIVER :It is used to receive the infra-red which has been reflected
towards it and it makes a corresponding voltage change.
Fig: IR transmitter & IR receiver
Project board :Project-board is used to connect all the circuit elements
Fig: Project board
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** OTHER ELECTRICAL ELEMENTS **
BATTERY :A 12V battery is used to supply the power required.
WIRES :
Wires are used to connect all the electrical components to make a complete circuit.
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WORKING PRINCIPLE :
Working principle of this cleaner robot can be divided as follows:
1)Mechanical Part
2)Circuit & Programming Part
1. Mechanical Part :
Basic Principle :
Vacuum cleaners work because of Bernoulli's Principle, which states that as the speed of air
increases, the pressure decreases. Air will always flow from a high-pressure area to a low-
pressure area, to try to balance out the pressure. A vacuum cleaner has an intake port where
air enters and an exhaust port where air exits. A fan inside the vacuum forces air toward the
exhaust port at a high speed, which lowers the pressure of the air inside, according to
Bernoulli's Principle. This creates suction - the higher pressure air from outside the vacuum
rushes in through the intake port to replace the lower-pressure air. The incoming air particles
rub against any loose dust or debris from the floor or carpet and carry these in the exhaust
filter bag made of porous woven material (typically cloth or paper). The dirt is trapped in the
filter bag, but the air passes right through the bag to the environment. Some vacuum designs
also have rotating brushes at the intake port, which kick dust and dirt loose from the carpet so
it can be picked up by the air stream
We use the specially designed fan to creating vacuum. The fan is
rotated by a DC motor. So dust is suck from bottom to upper portion & is stored at a particular
place inside the transparent glass box.
Two front wheels are controlled individually by two motor for movement
at various places. Rear wheels are used just to bear the loads (Battery, Transparent glass box
etc.) placed on the small vehicle. They are not given power.
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2.Circuit &Programming part :
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM :
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Programming Part:
The code is written in Programming language C in AVR Studio 4. PonyProg 2000 software is
used to download the program from computer to the micro-controller.
The code is given below :
#include
#include
double ADC_value;
int a,b;
int test=0;
ISR(ADC_vect) //Interrupt function
{
ADC_value = ADCL;
ADC_value += (ADCH
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for(b=0;b5) //Will stop robot after facing obstacles for 5 times
{
PORTD=0; //All output is stopped
while(1)
{}
}
test++;
}
ADCSRA |=(1
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ADMUX |=(1
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ADC_init(); //ADC is called
sei(); //Global interrupt begins
while(1)
{}
}
}
}
return 0;
}
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APPLICATIONS & COMMERCIALIZATION
Automatic house cleaning Suitable for office and industries Is possible for commercialization High scale production will reduce the per unit cost
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LIMITATIONS :
We are not out of limitations.
IR sensor does not work efficiently in the daylight. Heavy weight of the cleaner has decreased the speed. Insufficient power supply has decreased efficiency.
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COST ANALYSIS
As we did this kind of project for the first time, some money has been wasted where there was
no reason to spend that. Without this all money was spent efficiently. A list of all the things we
used in our project and their prices are given below:
SL NO. PURPOSE QUANTITY COST(Tk.)
1. Centrifugal fan 1 500
2. DC Motor 1 600
3. Gear Motor 2 900
4. Wheel 4 250
5. Base 1 100
6. Micro-controller 1 80
7. IR Transmitter 1 158. IR Receiver 1 15
9. Mosfet 3 90
10. IC -7805 2 20
11. LED 3 3
12. Battery 1 420
13. Project board 2 420
14. Net &Wire - 40
15. Switch 1 10
16. Transparent glass box 1 600
TOTAL 4063
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CONCLUSION
Nowadays every technical branch of applied science looks for commercial application. A roboticvacuum cleaner can be a good example of that. A wide application of this project can make our
daily life easier.
On finishing our ME-362 course, we can say that, it had been a great experience for all of us. It
was something new anything new has always some adventure and enthusiasm associated with
it. We felt the heat of it as well. At last we feel like mechanical engineers! Before this project,
we hardly had any experience of working together to accomplish a certain task by our own. We
were very lucky to be member of the same group and it was a joy to work aside friends. We
came to know how to gather necessary resources and assemble them to achieve the goal. This
was the first time we could blend our innovation and knowledge too. At the end of the project,
we feel proud and happy that we have stepped a foot forward towards our professional life.
Once again thanks to all the people, who have helped us in one way or another to make our
project successful.
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REFERENCES
From time to time we took help from different types of books and websites. The list ofreferences from which we really got some help is as follows:
1. http://www.societyofrobots.com/
2. http://home.howstuffworks.com/
3. http://www.wikipedia.org/
4. Mechanical Measurements
By-Thomas G. Beckwith
-Roy D. Marangoni
-John H. Lienhard V.
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