An Autonomous Robot with Self Navigation and Book Placement for Library
Placement of books in the library is a tedious and time-consuming activity. It requires human intervention with knowledge of rules of book placement and library database. To save money, time and effort, we propose to automate this task with an "An Autonomous Robot with Self Navigation & Book Placement for Library."
The autonomous robot will scan the spine label of the targeted book via a camera and extract information about the shelf on which the book is too placed. Once it has the required information, it will navigate to the desired shelf. Books in the library are arranged in a particular order. The robot will scan each shelf to decide the correct position for the book and place it there. Information extraction from spine labels is cheaper than placing RFID tags in all books in the library. For the navigation of the robot, we have devised a Modified Line Following Algorithm, which is easily scalable for other applications.
We have designed a double-decker base with a manipulator for our working prototype.
The manipulator can move in x and y directions; it will be used for book placement.
The robot's balance is controlled by using fixed and active-counter weights. The robot
navigation and book placement are controlled through Raspberry Pi. Our robot is convenient and easy to use. It requires minimal human intervention and will save time and automate a repetitive task
Keywords: Embedded Systems, Automation, Image Processing, Self Navigation
Tools: Automation, Information Extraction,Robotics
Department: Department of Electrical Engineering
Project Team Members
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Email |
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Abdul Haseeb
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sheikhabdulhaseeb13@gmail.com |
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Muhammad Ramzan
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ramzan2018@namal.edu.pk |
Project Poster
