Multi-Purpose Robot using Raspberry Pi & Controlled by Smartphone
K. Sitarama Sastry - · International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications · 2017
This paper proposes a method for controlling a Wireless robot for multi-purpose in the sense surveillance, rescue operations and weather reporting, human detection, geo-graphical location etc., Generally surveillance robots consists a high cost microcontroller, Bluetooth module or Wi-Fi modules, audio systems and a costly and complicated communication system.Raspberry pi b model is a credit card size single board computer.It is built with the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth modules and USB ports and in built Broadcom BCM2837 processor that gives very speed processing and audio, video jacks and camera interfacing port, HDMI port and Ethernet ports is available.This board will meet our requirements.The Robot is equipped with various critical sensors, detectors and Camera.The live video feedback is obtained from the camera.Data from the sensors is send to the Smartphone at user end.Latest Raspberry pi board is used on robot to interface with sensors and camera.It is having an in built Wi-Fi.An Android Smartphone sends a wireless command through robot controlled app which is received by Raspberry pi board and accordingly robot moves.