Title: Study on multi tasks of line following differential wheeled mobile robot for in-class project

Authors: Siti Nur Hanisah Umar; Elmi Abu Bakar; Mohd Shukri Soaid; Zahurin Samad

Addresses: School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia ' School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia ' School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia

Abstract: This paper describes a practical study of basic line follower wheeled mobile robot implemented during practical class for mechanical engineering students. The basic mobile robot from DIY KITS is used as an introductory-level differential wheeled mobile robot (DWMR) for students to get started in building mobile robot. The mini mobile robot controller, MC40A, combined with LSS05 auto-calibrate line sensor will develop the line follower DWMR. The sensor indication and DWMR wheel reaction is presented in this paper based on the black line follower mode. Several tracks are designed for multi tasking line follower DWMR to obtain the performance of line follower characteristics.

Keywords: differential wheeled robots; mobile robots; DWMR; autocalibrated line sensors; line follower; infrared sensors; mechanical engineering education; robot control; wheel reaction; robot tasks; multi-tasking robots; higher education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2014.059392

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 2014 Vol.21 No.1, pp.47 - 53

Published online: 07 Jun 2014 *

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