ENGLISH 3

Technological Project

Line Follower robot

INTRODUCTION
Well then we chose this Project because the manufacturing simplicity and also not yet possess the knowledge to perform a more sophisticated, we also believe that the most appropriate by the easy availability of manufacturing materials. Soon we will see how we will perform along with the necessary materials.

PERSONAL OBJECTIVE

Our personal objective is to show how interesting is our career to ours classmates and also I chose this project because I liked it and it was interesting for me and I thought that as well it would be interesting for my fellows. BENEFITS AND IMPORTANCE This research project is about a line following robot, this project is important for our career, because it will help give us an idea but effective application of the career of mechatronics, the project helps us to have a greater comprehension and understanding of what our career is about and to see that mechatronics can be used in any system that requires automation.

Well then, our project is about a super simple design to mount tracker with two basic lines CNY70 sensors and discrete components easy to purchase at any electronics store. In the scheme shown it can be appreciated how the circuit, the LED emitter CNY70 sensor is fed through a 680 resistor R1, when a reflective surface such as the white color of the surface on which the tracker moves reflects the LED light emitter, the phototransistor sensor contained in CNY70 low internal resistance between collector and emitter with the current leading also makes between on transistor Q1 which was polarized to ground via resistor R2 of 10 K. Q2 is used to invert the signal to thereby disable the engine when it looks white and is launched when the sensor sees black, which when activated causes activates Q1 Q2 Q3 with cutting, since the latter was active because this polarized by R3, which is what happened to the engine output to off when the sensor detected a reflective surface, at rest the output is always active and driving Q3.

The two circuits may be powered with four 1.5 V standard batteries placed in series with 6V obtained depend on the consumption of the motors choose more powerful batteries.

Now shows the stages in which the project will be developed. Mounting: The robot is composed of a circuit that can be done easily with a plate or moles or prototypes using photoliths exposed and this will have two circuits exactly like one for each sensor-motor and will cross with the left sensor acting on and the right motor on the motor sensor left right as shown in the illustration.

Engines must be current and should be a reducer manufacture them, if they do not have to move the wheels, the more larger the wheels, the robot to achieve greater speed, but not have to spend with the diameter of these because if not cornering trajectory will exit, about 6 cm. is ideal.

The sensors shall be located at the ground and about 2 or 3 mm clearance from the ground to the sensor surface and the separation between the two sensors will be to make it into the black line that we will use as a path.

In our assembly use two servos are rigged so that only DC motors with gearbox bone without control circuit but you can use any DC motor about 5 or 6 volts and not to consume too much not to exhaust the batteries too quickly. The route we can do it on a white card and draw the lines using black electrical tape, be careful not to make sharp bends as if the robot is very fast (big wheels) will come out of the trajectory by inertia and pull the 2 sensors out of line will not go (remember that this system is not microcontroller) so do some tests before plotting the final path.

Operation: We will put the robot on the surface of white background and feed them, as the two engines are active sensors remain unemployed, now will push the robot to the black track line, entering one of the sensors with the black line that will make lake opposite the engine starts working with the robot entered alone on the path, when both sensors have black watching the 2 motors are running with what the robot move forward in a straight line, however if the reaches Suppose a curve and the left sensor exits the black line then cause the motor side (right motor) is deactivated so that the robot will rotate to the right (as a tank) thereby arriving at the black line again ... for otherwise it is the same but with the other motor and sensor.

ADVANCES

The truth is that we already have the most of the components, but we could not even get the phototransistors sensors but the other components are ready for assembly.

The photos below show evidence for what was previously said.

This is an example of how the robot might look when be finished

Immediately the real evidence

BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.x-robotics.com/