ST tech factor challenge 2013/14

• Main Author: Ngai, Hei Tung
• Other Authors: Wang Han
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61395
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In today’s Information technology age, robots are used in almost all kinds of industries including manufacturing, medical, transport, industrial and even educational purposes. As technology progresses every moment, an increasing amount of manual and high-risk jobs requiring humans have been replaced by their robotic counterparts. For example, wielding in furnaces nowadays are mainly performed by robots as it requires working in a high temperature and pressure environment that could possibly be fatal for human workers. Most jobs involving any form of physical labor and repetitive work without a need for human interaction, emotions or judgment have already been replaced by robots in place of human workers. As technology progresses, I believe that more and more processes can be computerized and robots will definitely be integrated into our life. This report is focused on the development and building of a patrol robot to be used in important military installations, an example of how robotics can help improve our lives.