Abstract:
Design/convert a tank chassis robot with 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) robotic arm operating in Autonomous and Manual mode. The autonomous mode will implement camera based visual tracking and movement using Digital Image Processing (DIP) algorithm. Proximity sensors will be fused with camera based intelligence to achieve better autonomous navigation algorithm. The operator can switch to Manual mode where control of robot and robotic arm is done using dedicated operator panel, wireless link and camera feedback.
Robot will be controlled autonomously and manually (user controlled) by implementing Master/Slave configuration. There will be two microcontrollers one of them will control the robot directly but it will behave as a slave for other microcontroller which will receive live camera feed and make decisions accordingly. The robot will work in two modes
Autonomous mode (Master mode)
User Controlled mode (Slave mode)
In Autonomous mode the robot will move autonomously by making its own decisions. These decisions will be based on a USB/Serial based camera live feed. In user controlled mode robots ability to make decisions on its feed will be disabled (autonomous mode disabled) and all the control will be provided to user through a wireless remote Control.
