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
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