CLOUD ROBOTICS USING RASPBERRY PI

Project Title

CLOUD ROBOTICS USING RASPBERRY PI

Project Area of Specialization RoboticsProject Summary

The outcome of this project will be:

• To move and monitor the entire industry from the inside.
• Industry monitoring can be done from anywhere. Even from home.
• It can be effectively used in Nuclear power plants where human can be prevented from getting exposed to radiation.
• Less use of CCTV cameras installation.
• Ease of access and solely usable through a smartphone, handy device.
• There won’t be any data storage issue due to cloud service.
• Due to its multi-tasking it would make monitoring and securing an easy job.

Project Objectives

The objectives and scope of this project includes below functionalities:

• Movement is controlled by the person at the receiver side by operating in a separate platform called ROS.
• The live video feed obtained by the camera will be streamed to the receiver and viewed in the screen.
• If Temperature level increases above the threshold value then the controller switches on the cooling fan.
• If Gas level increases above the threshold value then the controller invokes the speaker announcement.
• IR sensor signals if a person is trying to cross a restricted area and switches on the lamp.
• All the data obtained in mobile will be uploaded to cloud.
• Wi-Fi will be provided for the entire process by a Wi-Fi dongle which is going to be fitted along with the robot.

Project Implementation Method

1. Alarm system

Functionality provided by project is defined below.

1. 1. Cooling fan-

the robot is fitted with a cooling fan which turns on when the temperature sensor detects a reading which is more than the desired value. The fan is focused in the area where the temperature dissipation is more and cools the area. It is powered by DC supply.

1. 1. Indication lamp-

The light source powered by DC supply automatically turns on when the IR sensor detects access to restricted area. The lamp glows when IR receiver senses undesirable access into a particular area.

1. 1. Speaker alert-

In case of emergency situation, say here a gas leakage, the gas sensor detects the presence of harmful gas in the environment and signals the controller. The controller in turn switches on the Speaker alert.

1. Cloud

Cloud computing is a synonym for distributed computing over a network. Its highlighting feature is the ability to run a program on many connected computers at the same time. Its advantages proved in history include ondemand self-service, ubiquitous network access, location independent resource pooling, rapid resource elasticity, usage-based pricing and transference of risk. Some of the Services offered by cloud include 'SaaS' (Software as a Service), 'PaaS' (Platform as a Service), 'IaaS' (Infrastructure as a Service), 'HaaS' (Hardware as a Service) and 'NaaS' (Network as a Service).

1. DC motor

 The DC motor is connected to a set of four wheels and is responsible for the movement of robot. A DC motor is a class of electrical machine that converts direct current electrical power into mechanical power. A DC motor's speed can be controlled over a wide range, using either a variable supply voltage or by changing the strength of current in its field windings.

1. Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)

 Wireless Fidelity or Wi-Fi is a local area wireless computer networking technology that allows the Raspberry Pi kit to connect to the network. It uses a bandwidth of 2.4 gigahertz. The Wi-Fi network provides the connection of unique IP address from the Raspberry Pi kit to the devices in receiving end. Using the various encryption technologies in Wi-Fi, the network is made secure.

CONNECTIVITY SECTION:

There are several connectivity parts in this project. Such as;

• Cloud connection
• Raspberry-pi and smartphone connection
• Sensors and motor connectivity
• Raspberry-pi GPIO pins

Benefits of the Project

Benefit of the project:

• 24-hour surveillance is maintained. Provided, all the values obtained by the robot are stored in cloud.
• Using the robot in power grids will be efficient for monitoring the entire area.
• Safety is ensured by the IR sensor. Unwanted access inside restricted area can be avoided.
• Provides immediate attention to over temperature and heat dissipation by turning on the cooling fan.
• Smoke, harmful gas can be immediately detected and alerted.
• Very cost effective.
• Because of its miniature structure, and compact nature, it is now very easy to build personalized robots.
• Able to save lots of man power.
• The robot can be used in any kind of manufacturing and industrial unit.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

• As future work, the developed system can be expanded by enriching it with additional devices, sensors and actuators, as well as test its acceptance with real elders.
• Obstacle detection for the robot can be added to improve the robot’s working.
• By making the robot fly, the entire top view of the industry can be viewed. This will overcome the usage of CCTV cameras inside the industry.
• Security can be tightened by adding face recognition feature to the camera.
• The image processing software available in the cloud, such as Google Object Recognition Engine could be used to identify the objects and report to officials if any intruder is found.
• Using GPS technology, we can determine location, velocity round the clock in any weather conditions anywhere in the world. We need to interface Arduino Uno with GPS. The location of the robot is tracked in Google maps with Trimble Studio.

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry SecurityOther IndustriesCore Technology RoboticsOther TechnologiesSustainable Development GoalsRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	45000
Android Smartphone	Equipment	1	10000	10000
Rasperry Pi	Equipment	1	9000	9000
Robot Structure	Equipment	1	1000	1000
DC Motors	Equipment	1	2500	2500
Sensors	Equipment	1	3000	3000
IP Camera	Equipment	1	6000	6000
Speaker	Equipment	1	2000	2000
Cooling Fan	Equipment	1	1000	1000
Battery	Equipment	1	5000	5000
light	Equipment	1	500	500
Azure IOT Hub	Miscellaneous	1	5000	5000