Young Innovators: Two Mechanical Engineering students built Tele-operated Defense Surveillance Robot.
Tele-operated Defense Surveillance Robot. for Toxic gas and Landmine Detection
[ Jayaram H & Vinoth M ( BE- Mechanical Engineering) , 2005 batch ]
Synopsis:
With the advent of Defence Technology considerable improvement has taken place in the technique of warfare. By the end of World War II man started Chemical and Biological Weaponry for mass destruction. The problem of land mines still exists and is one of the major causes of casualties for the army. These factors necessitate the want of an intelligent system that takes human out of loop and perform most of the combat operation. The employment of Robot for Defence purpose has received lot of attention and research these days. Thus unmanned Robots can provide comprehensive survey of the unknown environment and warn us about the potential hazards.
We have developed a semi-autonomous surveillance Robot that is capable of surveying the area for Land mines and Chemical weaponry hazards. The Robot is designed to navigate in uneven terrain, there is a camera mounted on the Robot for providing visual surveillance of the area. The Robot is provided with a multi gas sensor for detecting the presence of toxic gas. A metal detector sensor is used for sensing land mines. The Robot is controlled from the computer with wire-less connectivity. The Robot is Tele-operated which enables it to be controlled over long distances. The control stations located at different junctures can access the Robot through the network.
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