Design and Fabrication of Unmanned Fire Fighting ground Vehicle

Project Title

Design and Fabrication of Unmanned Fire Fighting ground Vehicle

Project Area of Specialization RoboticsProject Summary

Fire Fighting is a challenging platform especially when fire is spread out away from center and infrastructure is fully damaged.  According to a report published in 'The Nations' Pakistan, faced a loss of 400 billion till 2012 due to fire incidents. The fire incidents kill 16,500 people and leave 164,000 injured or disabled every year across the country.

It becomes difficult for the Fire Fighters to access the target point or origin of fire due to the high temperature, toxic gases and loss of structural integrity.

In this project an Unmanned Fire Fighting ground vehicle is proposed, which is capable of working under high temperature, equipped with wireless operated fire monitor (Water cannon), cameras and temperature sensors to assist Fire Fighters. In this way potential risk to Fire Fighters lives can be reduced and Fire Fighting can be made more effective.

Project Objectives

Our aim is to Design and Fabricate an Unmanned Fire-Fighting ground vehicle (UGV) which is capable of:

• Operating under high temperature.
• Moving on complex ground conditions i.e. stairs, uneven terrain and over the debris of the structures.
• Equipped with wireless operated Fire monitors (Water cannon) ,Camera and temperature sensors to assist Fire Fighters.

Project Implementation Method

A basic step to start any project is to review existing literature about the project. So, literature review will be completed according to following sections;

• Stability of the Vehicle
• Study of Fire Environment
• Study of Building codes in Pakistan
• Study and comparison of existing designs
• Material Selection
• Insulation Selection 

After the identifctaion of different parameters about the design from Literature review following methdology will be followed;

• Component optimization
• CAD modeling of the design
• Setting the position of “Center of mass” of UGV
• Impact Analysis of the Design
• Thermal Analysis of the Design
• Design Improvement
• Fabrication of the designed UGV
• Testing of UGV

Benefits of the Project

The proposed project will help to;

• Reduce potential risk to Fire Fighhters lives due to high temperatures, toxic gases and loss of structural integrity.
• Human lives saving through effective Fire extinguishing.
• Saving strategical assets from fire.
• Locating and extinguishing fire from origin and saving from widespread.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Unmanned Fire Fighting ground vehicle will be Equipped with; 

• Track sytem to make it capable of ascending and descending on stairs, moving over debris of the structures and rough terrain.
• Wireless operated Fire monitor(Water cannon) capable of sprinkling or ejecting jet of water according to requirement.
• Wireless cameras to assist Fire Fighter for guiding the vehicle to exact target.
• Temperature Sensors to monitor conditions continuously.

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry ManufacturingOther Industries Petroleum , Others Core Technology RoboticsOther Technologies OthersSustainable Development Goals Decent Work and Economic Growth, Climate ActionRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	79950
DC gear motors (35 Nm torque)	Equipment	2	15000	30000
Wireless operated water canon	Equipment	1	30000	30000
Temperature sensors	Equipment	7	350	2450
electrical circuits	Equipment	1	4000	4000
Steel pipes	Equipment	1	1000	1000
Insulation	Equipment	1	2500	2500
CNC machining cost	Miscellaneous	1	6000	6000
Thesis printing	Miscellaneous	4	500	2000
Welding	Miscellaneous	1	2000	2000