Specifications

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LIST OF FIGURES
Number Title Page
Figure 2.1: Army Bomb Deployment 6
Figure 2.2: Bomb Disposal Robot 6
Figure 2.3: Increasing technologies 7
Figure 4.1: Initial Chassis Prototype 21
Figure 4.2: Second Chassis Prototype 22
Figure 4.3: Motor setup 23
Figure 4.4: Chassis design 23
Figure 4.5: Odometer Sensor 23
Figure 4.6: Single hole odometer sensor 24
Figure 4.7: Odometer Sensor Circuitry 24
Figure 4.8: 4013 Flip-Flop configuration 25
Figure 4.9: Basic H Bridge Operation 27
Figure 4.10: Sensor Distance Requirements 30
Figure 4.11: 555 Timer Pulsing Sensor Light 32
Figure 4.12: PCB inside LED Torch 33
Figure 4.13: LED Torch Complete With Wires 33
Figure 4.14: Power Supply Filter for Transmitter 34
Figure 4.15: Position of Sensor Components 36
Figure 4.16: Sensor mounting on the Robot 37
Figure 4.17: Data flow for software 40
Figure 5.1: Sensor spectrum 56
Figure 5.2: Layered approach to robot design. 58
Figure 5.3: Straight line testing 59
Figure 5.4: Results of straight line test 59
Figure 6.1: Showing IR LED status 63
Figure 8.1: Working Prototype of Mobile Manoeuvring Robot 68