Description

Introduction to Obstacle Avoidance Robot

An Obstacle Avoidance Robot is an intelligent robot, which can automatically sense and overcome obstacles on its path. It contains of a Microcontroller to process the data, and Ultrasonic sensors to detect the obstacles on its path.

Obstacle avoidance is one of the most important aspects of mobile robotics. Without it robot movement would be very restrictive and fragile. This tutorial explains obstacle avoidance using ultrasonics sensors. This project also presents a dynamic steering algorithm which ensures that the robot does n’t have to stop in front of an obstacle which allows robot to navigate smoothly in an unknown environment, avoiding collisions.

Materials used

☞Robo Car

☞Arduino Uno

☞Ultrasonic sensor

Block diagram of Obstacle Avoidance Robot

Video for Obstacle Avoidance Robot

Circuit diagram to interface Ultrasonic sensors with arduino uno

Conclusion

Almost all navigation robot demands the some sort of obstacle detection, hence obstacle avoidance strategy is of most importance. Obstacle Avoidance Robot has a vast field of application. They can be used as services robots, for the purpose of household work and so many other indoor applications. Equally they have great importance in scientific exploration and emergency rescue, there may be places that are dangerous for humans or even impossible for humans to reach directly, then we should use robots to help us. In those challenging environments, the robots need to gather information about their surroundings to avoid obstacles. Nowadays, even in ordinary environments, people require that robots to detect and avoid obstacles. For example, an industrial robot in a factory is expected to avoid workers so that it won’t hurt them. In conclusion, obstacle avoidance is widely researched and applied in the world, and it is probable that most robots in the future should have obstacle avoidance function.