Design and Analysis of All-Terrain Differential-Driven Caterpillar-Wheeled Based Unmanned Fire Extinguisher Robot

Q3 Engineering

Journal of Applied Research and Technology Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI:10.22201/icat.24486736e.2022.20.5.1389

A. Pandey, Sujeet Singh, P. Kumar, L. K. Pothal, R. Mohanty

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Abstract

The usage of wheeled robots in service robots such as planetary exploration robots, pick-and-place robots, cleaning robots, surveillance robots, etc., is continuously increasing day by day. The primary purpose of these service robots is to reduce human resources and minimize human life risk in a hazardous environment. Therefore, in this article, the authors purpose and design the all-terrain differential-driven caterpillar-wheeled based unmanned Fire Extinguisher Robot (FER), which can detect and monitor the fire by using gas (smoke) sensor and temperature sensor. Also, it can extinguish the fire by spreading the fire extinguisher gas. The proposed unmanned FER has been divided into the two assembled units, one unit drives the FER, and another unit is for spreading the fire extinguisher gas through the nozzle of the cylinder. The driving unit of unmanned FER consists of six DC geared motors, two dual DC motor drivers, caterpillar driving wheels, Arduino MEGA microcontroller, Bluetooth module, gas sensor, temperature sensor, and rechargeable lithium-polymer (LiPo) battery. Next, the one DC motor connected with a motor driver controls the fire extinguisher gas cylinder's open and close valve through a Bluetooth signal from an android phone. The specially designed chassis and caterpillar driving wheel arrangement help the FER to travel in any terrain, including stair climbing. Real-time experimental tests have been carried out on the designed unmanned FER during the fire extinguishing process to prove the effectiveness of the developed FER.

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全地形差动履带式无人灭火机器人的设计与分析

轮式机器人在行星探测机器人、取放机器人、清洁机器人、监控机器人等服务机器人中的使用日益增加。这些服务机器人的主要目的是减少人力资源，并将危险环境中的人类生命风险降至最低。因此，在本文中，作者设计了一种全地形差速驱动履带轮式无人灭火机器人，该机器人可以利用气体（烟雾）传感器和温度传感器检测和监测火灾。此外，它还可以通过传播灭火器气体来灭火。拟议的无人FER被分为两个组装单元，一个单元驱动FER，另一个单元用于通过气瓶喷嘴传播灭火器气体。无人FER的驱动单元由六个直流齿轮电机、两个双直流电机驱动器、履带驱动轮、Arduino MEGA微控制器、蓝牙模块、气体传感器、温度传感器和可充电锂聚合物（LiPo）电池组成。接下来，一个与电机驱动器相连的直流电机通过安卓手机的蓝牙信号控制灭火器气瓶的开关阀。特别设计的底盘和履带驱动轮布置有助于FER在任何地形中行驶，包括爬楼梯。在灭火过程中，对设计的无人FER进行了实时实验测试，以证明所开发的FER的有效性。

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Journal of Applied Research and Technology 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

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1.50

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0.00%

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6-12 weeks

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