• DocumentCode
    2182263
  • Title

    An autonomous firefighting robot

  • Author

    Hassanein, Ahmed ; Elhawary, Mohanad ; Jaber, Nour ; El-Abd, Mohammed

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    27-31 July 2015
  • Firstpage
    530
  • Lastpage
    535
  • Abstract
    The field of firefighting has long been a dangerous one, and there have been numerous and devastating losses because of a lack in technological advancement. Additionally, the current methods applied in firefighting are inadequate and inefficient relying heavily on humans who are prone to error, no matter how extensively they have been trained. A recent trend that has become popular is to use robots instead of humans to handle fire hazards. This is mainly because they can be used in situations that are too dangerous for any individual to involve themselves in. In our project, we develop a robot that is able to locate and extinguish fire in a given environment. The robot navigates the arena and avoids any obstacles it faces in its excursion.
  • Keywords
    Bluetooth; Cameras; Compass; Fires; Microcontrollers; Robot sensing systems; digital compass; flame sensor; infrared sensor; microcontroller; proximity sensor; ultrasonic sensor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 2015 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Istanbul, Turkey
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICAR.2015.7251507
  • Filename
    7251507