IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTONOMOUS BALL FEEDER MOBILE ROBOT

• Main Author: Muhaidin @ Mahyuddin, Ahmad Nizar
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2005
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7659/1/2005%20-%20IMPLEMENTATION%20OF%20AUTONOMOUS%20BALL%20FEEDER%20MOBILE%20ROBOT.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7659/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

The objective of the project is to design and implement autonomous ball feeder mobile robot. The robot will be able to feed the ball into the outer torch automatically. The purpose of designing the robot is to enter the ROBOCON competition organized by SIRIM. This is the first participation of University Technology PETRONAS in ROBOCON competition since it is an annually competition from 2002. Without any past experience on building a robot, the Electrical & Electronic department has given the author challenges to build an autonomous robot base on certain constrains restricted by the rules stated by the organizer. The robot will be bigger in size and capable to carry heavier loads. The scope of the study will be mainly on the design and implementation of the robot from scratch or little knowledge. The study will be handled part by part from researching on the whole part of the robot until the implementation of the workable robot. The robot implementation can be divided into two main sections which is hardware and controller part ofthe robot. In the discussion part, all the robot implementation will be discussed in more detail as to make sure the objective of the project can be achieved successfully. The problem and the solution for the problem will also be discussed base on the student point of view. Before ending the chapter, some recommendation has been suggested for further improvement for the next ROBOCON team members. The suggestions made are base on the current available technology and also the experience gain by the author through out this design project. To conclude the thesis paper, the conclusion will wrap up the whole findings in a general view.