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Table Top Robot




Detecting and avoiding obstacles has been a vital role that has been played by the bots that are created using Arduino. The table bot is a well known bot in the realm of small Arduino operated bot that are also easy to construct. It senses if there exists a base ahead of the path on which the bot currently is. The bot will turn and change its course whenever it reaches the edge of the table it is running on. It does that using the infrared sensor also commonly known as the IR sensors. 




IR sensor is guided by the Infrared technology which addresses a wide variety of wireless applications. The main areas are sensing and remote controls. In the electromagnetic spectrum, the infrared portion is divided into three regions: near infrared region, mid infrared region and far infrared region. The basic concept of an Infrared Sensor which is used as Obstacle detector is to transmit an infrared signal, this infrared signal bounces from the surface of an object and the signal is received at the infrared receiver.Infrared Transmitter is a light emitting diode (LED) which emits infrared radiations. Hence, they are called IR LED’s. Even though an IR LED looks like a normal LED, the radiation emitted by it is invisible to the human eye. 

 The electronics are very simple. You only need an Arduino Uno Atmega , and a simple setup for the IR sensor that you are using. The robot can be configured in many different ways, the parts that we used are a chaster wheel, a simple chassis, 2 wheels, some jumper wires, an L293D, bread board, a motor driver and 4 or more IR sensors. Make sure your sensor is held by the its wires several centimetres away from the chassis of the robot. When an object is placed in front of the bot, the value from the analog pin starts getting smaller. These values are sent from the analog pin to the Arduino which in return uses it to plan its motion forward accordingly.


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  1. Anonymous16 December 2017 at 01:15

    Doing great work
    Best of luck

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  2. Anonymous16 December 2017 at 07:53

    What is the practical Implementation of the bot in real life . Though the information given is right but I am not able to know the use of bot in my daily life. Why have you made this?

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    1. Unknown16 December 2017 at 09:06

      These little bots are like practice for bigger bots. Making these bots helps you understand the concepts and algorithm. After learning these concepts you can create your own real life application. For instance automating your garden. You need not water and take care of it . It will be watered automatically when dry .
      These practical implementation is possible by learning to experiment with these little bots.

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