Existing Products

I have been looking at existing line robots to help give us some ideas of how to put the robot together. I have found that there is no set way and that a line robot can be made from almost anything. For example, I have shown below 2 robots. 1 which has been made from a sandwich box and the other from a wooden box.

Sandwich Box Robot - http://www.robotroom.com/Sandwich.jpg

Wooden box Robot - http://media.photobucket.com

After looking at these products it is now clear that there are a number of different ways we can construct the robot.

How does a follow the line robot work???

The line robot works by using a line of sensors to detect the line beneath it. As you can see from the pictures below, on the left it shows how the robot follows the line and on the right highlighted in red show the route that the robot actually takes.

As you can see the robot has a wave pattern route that it takes whilst following the line. Although we cannot make the robot follow the line directly, we can reduce the wave pattern by adding more sensors.

As you can see from the pictures above by adding a couple of more sensors the robot can detect the line better. As you can see from the picture on the right this thus reduces wave pattern route the robot takes, resulting in a smoother and shorter route that the robot has to take.

assignment

it was decided that by the end of this week,
harmandip: programme to follow commands
Aftab: design the circuit board
Suraj: what sensor to use. how to make the robot follow the line
Amardeep: research on the code
Adam: how to improve the reaction of the sensors
Camran: aesthetics of the robot

hello group

May Allah bless us with His merciful hand on this project.

Amardeep Singh Dhillon

Introduction

This blog will outline the design, construction and testing of our line following robot. It will show detailed sections on the design stage and how each individual’s tasks came together to
make the robot function.
The blog will stress the changes that we needed to make to achieve a functional product.

The aim of this module was to work as a group to design and construct a robot capable of
following a white line.
We will be working as a group, and thus should improve our skills of working together to
achieve goals.