Robotics enthusiasts create wonders with their innovative ideas. Here are the best robotics projects
Robots are taking over the world. Technology is now using different technologies like AI, ML, and many more to enhance its functions and applications. All over the world, many robotics enthusiasts strive to discover or invent some new things in robotics. And we really offer innovative projects. For example, humanoid robots are the best example. These robots sometimes represent humans or sometimes they imitate humans in some way, such as walking, talking, gestures, etc. These robots are not only used for entertainment but also for performing household chores, caregiving, medical applications, etc. Here are the best robotics project ideas, read below.
Ball tracking robot
The major drawback of current surveillance is the involvement of human operators who can easily be distracted. We therefore need a system that can monitor regions autonomously and continuously, make decisions while identifying unwanted or obnoxious elements and react accordingly. Tracking objects using computer vision is crucial to achieving automated surveillance. The goal was to create a basic prototype for such a robot that could detect color and shape and track them. This robot tries to find a hardcoded color, if it finds a ball of that color it follows it.
Color Tracking Robot
These robots are built around the Pixy computer vision sensor. This vision sensor is a low cost sensor for less than 80 dollars. The sensor tracks color hues at a whopping 50 frames per second. If you are interested, you can find more information about Pixy on their wiki page. This project was born from the idea that Arch Reactor members often go to events to involve the community in manufacturing and repair. Robots would be a good way to attract people to the table and get them interested in robotics, it would be an interactive exhibit. People can play with the robots by moving around the balls so the robots can follow them.
Solar panel cleaning system using Arduino
Solar energy is mainly harnessed from photovoltaic (PV) panels arranged in multiple panels in a solar farm or solar system. However, the efficiency of energy generated by photovoltaic panels is affected by the accumulation of dust and debris, even on a single panel in an array. This condition requires regular cleaning of the surface of the photovoltaic panels. Current methods of cleaning PV panels are labor-intensive, costly in terms of time, water and energy, and lack automation capabilities. To overcome this problem, a fully automatic solar panel cleaning system with/without water is proposed. The design uses an Arduino controller system to control the robot’s movement during the cleaning process. Additionally, it is equipped with two rough sponges and a water pump system that can be used to clean dust or debris found on photovoltaic panel surfaces. The efficiency of the photovoltaic panels before and after the cleaning process is also observed. The result shows that the developed solar panel cleaning robot is able to effectively clean the panel and increase the output current as well as the maximum power of the panel by 50% after the dust on the photovoltaic panel is cleaned.
Human Detector Robot
Human-sensing robots are not a new technology. Many types of human sensing robots have been designed based on the application. During natural disasters like earthquakes, it is difficult to rescue humans from under buildings. Even if detection by the rescue team is carried out, it takes a long time. Detection of humans at an appropriate time is very important in such situations. This paper presents a simple manually operated human sensing robot using RF technology. The main principle of the circuit is to detect human using human detection sensor. The wireless robot is controlled manually using a PC. The wireless technology used here is Radio Frequency technology. Data is transmitted to the receiver via RF. Using the data received, the robot is operated and controlled.
Gesture-controlled robot
A gesture-controlled robot is a robot that can be controlled by hand gestures. All you need is a small transmission device, which includes an accelerometer to transmit an appropriate command to the robot so that it can do what you want. The transmission device included an ADC for analog-to-digital conversion and an encoder IC (HT12E) which is used to encode the four-bit data and which will then be transmitted by an RF transmitter module. On reception, an RF receiver receives the encoded data and the IC decoder decodes it. A microcontroller processes this data and the motor driver is used to control the motors.
Jumping robot frog
Jumping robots can overcome obstacles higher than their own height, unlike robots equipped with wheels or tracks. In this article, a small jumping robot inspired by a 22.5 g frog is presented. It can jump more than 2.5 m, or 58 times its own height. The four-bar linkage structure is used to mimic the musculoskeletal structure and behavior of the frog’s hind leg, and twist actuation is applied to store large elastic energy on the elastomer using a low power motor.
Waste management robot
Intelligent robots can think for themselves by sending and sorting waste. All you have to do is place the waste in the container. The container then takes advantage of its detectors to compare or study the waste recovered during previous waste recordings and then decides what to do with this waste. Mainly depending on the decision, the container itself sends the waste to an appropriate disposal system, whether that be a drop-off area or a recycling plant. With smarter solutions for disposing of waste, we can certainly expect a substantial reduction in waste generated around the world. This can significantly contribute to maintaining our ecosystem for a sustainable and better future.
soccer robot
A soccer robot is a type of mobile or autonomous robot, used to play soccer with variations. Every year, many tournaments are organized such as FIRA and Robocup. At present, the RoboCup competition includes various football leagues like simulation, small, medium, four-legged, and humanoid. At present, technology offers many services in the field of robotic vehicles, intelligent systems, soccer player robots, etc. This article is about a soccer robot and how it works.
Obstacle avoidance robot
The obstacle avoiding robot is an intelligent device that can automatically detect obstacles in front of it and avoid them by turning. The basic principle of ultrasonic sensors operation is to note the time required for the sensor to transmit ultrasonic beams and receive the ultrasonic beams after hitting the surface. Then the distance is calculated using the formula. In this project, the widely available HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor is used. To use this sensor, a similar approach will be followed as explained above.
Mini conveyor
This is the best project that can easily be done. The Mini Conveyor products offered are the Low Profile (LP) Series Small Conveyor and the Lite Series Small Conveyor. The breadth of options and accessories allows for a customized small conveyor configuration that meets your needs. The different option categories are drive assemblies, motor tension options, belt options, drive mounting positions, and conveyor options. The “accessory categories are guides and rails, part stops, couplers and drive shafts (LP series), product index timer, product guide cushions, mounting brackets and conveyor support.