Firebot - Autonomous Firefighting Robot
Format
SOECS Senior Project Demonstration
Abstract/Artist Statement
Each year Trinity College holds the “Annual Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest” where the goal is construct an autonomous robot that can locate and extinguish a flame as quickly as possible in a model house. This competition along with the implications of a real-world application provided the inspiration for a firefighting robot. Firebot is implemented using various hardware and software modules. A Devantech Ultrasonic Ranger aids in the detection of objects/obstacles while a Hamamatsu UVtron flame detector coupled with an infrared sensor are used for flame detection and a handheld fan is used in extinguishing the flame. All of the above modules are interfaced to a PIC16F877 microcontroller the ‘brain’ of Firebot. Combined with a wall-following navigational algorithm the net result is an autonomous robot that can effectively locate and extinguish a flame.
Location
Pacific Geosciences Center
Start Date
30-4-2005 2:00 PM
End Date
30-4-2005 5:00 PM
Firebot - Autonomous Firefighting Robot
Pacific Geosciences Center
Each year Trinity College holds the “Annual Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest” where the goal is construct an autonomous robot that can locate and extinguish a flame as quickly as possible in a model house. This competition along with the implications of a real-world application provided the inspiration for a firefighting robot. Firebot is implemented using various hardware and software modules. A Devantech Ultrasonic Ranger aids in the detection of objects/obstacles while a Hamamatsu UVtron flame detector coupled with an infrared sensor are used for flame detection and a handheld fan is used in extinguishing the flame. All of the above modules are interfaced to a PIC16F877 microcontroller the ‘brain’ of Firebot. Combined with a wall-following navigational algorithm the net result is an autonomous robot that can effectively locate and extinguish a flame.