War Field Spying Robot With Wireless Night Vision Camera

Project Title

War Field Spying Robot With Wireless Night Vision Camera

Project Area of Specialization Internet of ThingsProject Summary

In today’s world the robotics field is growing exponentially and some of the popular robotic products are used largely by the industries, defense, academic and research communities. With the changing war dynamics, the surveillance of international border area is a challenging task. Since the last two decades the security expenditure has been rising globally and Pakistan is not the exception. Deploying human resource for the border surveillance and patrolling is time tested basic method. However, it is not practical and cost efficient to monitor long porous borders with human resource alone.

One possible solution to this situation is the use of autonomous robot which automatically detects trespasser in the border and report nearby border security control unit. Many of the military departments now utilize the robots to carry out risky jobs that cannot be done performed by the soldiers. In this project, a war-field spy robot platform with the capability of remote monitoring over a long distance of 200m and control algorithm deployed on Raspberry Pi through Internet of Things (IoT) has been developed. The autonomous robot can perform patrolling and will save human life, reduces manual error and protect the country from enemies. The spy robot mainly comprises of chassis, raspberry pi, night vision pi camera, solar panel, motor drivers, power banks, ultrasonic sensors and RF communication module as shown in Fig01. The remote part of the robot is based on a user friendly GUI using smart phone with android application or laptop. At the transmitting end using android application device, commands are sent to the receiver to control the movement of the robot either to move forward, backward, left or right. At the receiving end two motors are interfaced to the Raspberry pi for the movement of the robot. Raspberry Pi operates and controls obstacle detector and pi camera for remote sensing and surveillance, streams live video and records it for future playback. The pi camera can be rotated 360 degrees through servo motor. Keeping in mind the war field scenario, this robot is powered by a solar panel. This surveillance system using spy robot can be customized for various fields like industries, banks and shopping malls.

The system block diagram is proposed in figure 1:

                                                                                                      Figure 01

In the second phase of the project, we will develop our own high definition RF video transmission system to avoid using internet and reduce chances of device hacking and sabotage. The proposed system will be added with our own personalized network by using RF video transmitter and receiver and loraWAN for streaming live video feed and controlling the movement of robot (as shown in fig 02).

                                                          Figure 02. Personalized RF network and IoT control using LoraWAN

Project Objectives

The aim of our project is to develop a robotic vehicle for surveillance of human activities in the war field or border regions in order to reduce infiltrations from the enemy side and human casualties in terrorist attack.

The objectives are:

1. Configuring raspberry pi as a web server for transmitting live video feed.
2. Getting live video feed from the pi camera.
3. To design an android application to remotely control the robot through raspbian OS.
4. Integrating and testing the Transmitter and Receiver unit.
5. To deploy personalized RF high definition video and data transmission network instead of internet. 

Project Implementation Method

The proposed system consist of mainly two units

1. Robot Vehicle
2. Remote control unit (Smartphone/Laptop)

     1. Robotic Vehicle:

• The raspberry pi will be configured as a web server for sending data, Transmitting live video feed and controlling the movement of the robot by getting commands from the user.
• The pi camera, ultrasonic sensor and motor driver will be connected to the raspberry pi. The pi camera monitors the surveillance area and the ultrasonic sensor give information about the presence of any object and motor driver controls the motion of dc motors.
• For providing the internet connection to raspberry pi we will be using Evo device or GSM module.
• All the components will be assembled with the robot chassis.

      2. Remote control Unit(Smartphone/Laptop):

• We will design an android application through which we can access our robot. Like, from the single webpage we can get live video feed, data from the ultrasonic sensor and can control the movement of robot according to the surveillance area conditions.
• For the security of the system we will set a login credential for the security of the system.
• All the system will be monitored & controlled through the App.

First we will use internet as a medium of communication between the user and the robot. But it will not be that much secure therefore we will design our own personalized network by using RF video Transmitter and Receiver and LoraWAN. The RF video TX and LoraWAN connected to robot will transmit live video feed and ultrasonic Sensor data to the RF video Rx and LoraWAN at the user side. According to the surveillance area conditions the user will send commands (like move forward, backward or rotate the camera in 360 degree) to the raspberry pi through LoraWAN.

A flow chart is shown below in figure 3:

                                                                                                     Fig: 03

Benefits of the Project

• I t will help to save our country from different terror attacks.
• It will help all the military people and armed forces to know the condition of the territory before entering it.
• It will help to detect the harmful or hazardous gases in the surroundings especially in underground coal mining and fire fighting operations.
• It can also be used as bomb diffuser to reduce the risk factor of human loss.
• With some advancement it can also be used for the safe transportation of goods in the war zone.
• It can be customized for different fields like schools, banks, shopping malls, and hospitals.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The project is comprised of following stages:

D5.1 – In First stage all the components (sensor, pi camera and Evo device/GSM) will be connected to the raspberry pi and it will be interfaced to the robot chassis.

D5.2 – In second stage the raspberry pi will collect the data from the ultrasonic sensor and Pi camera.

D5.3 – In third stage the raspberry pi will send the collected data and live video feed to the web portal over internet (Evo/GSM).

D5.4 – In fourth stage the user accesses the web portal through specified login credential and monitors and controls the overall system.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry TelecommunicationOther Industries Education , IT , Media , Security Core Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other Technologies RoboticsSustainable Development Goals Good Health and Well-Being for People, Quality Education, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Life on LandRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	76194
Raspberry pi 3b	Equipment	1	6200	6200
Pi camera module	Equipment	1	2450	2450
Robot chassis	Equipment	1	6814	6814
Motor driver	Equipment	2	200	400
Wifi dongle	Equipment	1	280	280
Evo device / GSM	Equipment	1	4000	4000
Solar panel	Equipment	1	1500	1500
Power Bank	Equipment	1	3000	3000
Lipo Battery	Equipment	1	1200	1200
Connecting wires	Equipment	1	300	300
Raspberry pi 3 case	Equipment	1	450	450
Pi camera case	Equipment	1	450	450
Pan/tilt Servo motor	Equipment	1	400	400
Acrylic Sheet + nuts bolts	Equipment	2	750	1500
Ultrasonic Sensor	Equipment	1	250	250
RF video transmitter and Receiver	Equipment	1	25000	25000
LoraWAN	Equipment	2	6000	12000
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	1	10000	10000