TY - GEN
T1 - Mobile gas sensor and source detector
AU - He, Chu Heng
AU - El-Kilani, Samir
AU - Stanacevic, Milutin
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The goal of the project is to develop a program for the navigation of a miniature mobile robot Khepera II (www.k-team.com) towards a gas source. The project would involve programming of existing hardware using any of the following platforms: C, C++, MATLAB, or LabVIEW. Existing hardware to be utilized include the Khepera II robot and a connected gas-sensing module. The robot will be programmed to utilize the gas-sensing module to detect the relative position of a gas source and navigate towards the source. A gas-sensing module will be mounted on top of the Khepera II robot. Data flows from the gas-sensing module to the Khepera II by means of the pin connections between the two. Computations must then be performed upon the data to determine the direction of greatest gas concentration. The motors are then powered to move in the designated direction. The program we will be developing must read the gas sensor values, compute the direction of travel, and provide instructions to the motors to move in this direction. Due to the small size of our robot, we may have trouble detecting the location of a gas source if the source is located at a great height. In addition, any airflow that may be present may also hinder our robot's source detection abilities. Our robot will be of great use for homeowners as a replacement for simple gas detectors such as carbon monoxide detectors. A simple carbon monoxide detector is able to sound an alarm when it finds a large amount of carbon monoxide in the air. Certain detectors may also alert specialists, who will arrive to locate the gas source and fix the leak. In addition to being able to detect when a dangerous amount of lethal gas has collected, our robot will also be able to find the source of the problem, allowing specialists to know before arriving on the scene where the gas originated from and very quickly fix the problem. This solution will protect both homeowners, who will be alerted to leave the gas-filled location, and specialists, who will have to spend less time in a dangerous environment looking for a cause.
AB - The goal of the project is to develop a program for the navigation of a miniature mobile robot Khepera II (www.k-team.com) towards a gas source. The project would involve programming of existing hardware using any of the following platforms: C, C++, MATLAB, or LabVIEW. Existing hardware to be utilized include the Khepera II robot and a connected gas-sensing module. The robot will be programmed to utilize the gas-sensing module to detect the relative position of a gas source and navigate towards the source. A gas-sensing module will be mounted on top of the Khepera II robot. Data flows from the gas-sensing module to the Khepera II by means of the pin connections between the two. Computations must then be performed upon the data to determine the direction of greatest gas concentration. The motors are then powered to move in the designated direction. The program we will be developing must read the gas sensor values, compute the direction of travel, and provide instructions to the motors to move in this direction. Due to the small size of our robot, we may have trouble detecting the location of a gas source if the source is located at a great height. In addition, any airflow that may be present may also hinder our robot's source detection abilities. Our robot will be of great use for homeowners as a replacement for simple gas detectors such as carbon monoxide detectors. A simple carbon monoxide detector is able to sound an alarm when it finds a large amount of carbon monoxide in the air. Certain detectors may also alert specialists, who will arrive to locate the gas source and fix the leak. In addition to being able to detect when a dangerous amount of lethal gas has collected, our robot will also be able to find the source of the problem, allowing specialists to know before arriving on the scene where the gas originated from and very quickly fix the problem. This solution will protect both homeowners, who will be alerted to leave the gas-filled location, and specialists, who will have to spend less time in a dangerous environment looking for a cause.
KW - Gas detectors
KW - Microsensors
KW - Robot sensing systems
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77954528230
U2 - 10.1109/LISAT.2010.5478265
DO - 10.1109/LISAT.2010.5478265
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954528230
SN - 9781424455508
T3 - 2010 Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, LISAT 10
BT - 2010 Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, LISAT 10
T2 - 2010 Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, LISAT 10
Y2 - 7 May 2010 through 7 May 2010
ER -