Cover Sheet University of Idaho Sustainability Center Project Proposal Date submitted: April 20, 2013 Project Title: Smart Robot Student PI/Team Leader: Archana Shrestha Local Mailing Address: 201 Lathen Street Apt 7, Moscow, ID 83843 Student E-Mail Address: [email protected] Major, College, Level in School, and Expected Graduation Date: Computer Engineering, University of Idaho, Undergraduate, May 2014. Team Members: (use second sheet if necessary) Name: Archana Shrestha Email address: [email protected] Name: Email address: Academic Advisor: Name: Dr.Richard Wall Email address:[email protected] Department: Computer and Electrical Engineering Department Project Dates: May 20, 2013- August 21, 2013 Amount requested: 840.24$ Project Synopsis: (2-5 sentences) In this project I am planning to build a smart sensor robot which will be able to detect the carbon monoxide and help to protect human beings and animal from fatal poisoning. This research can be used particularly to bring awareness to study about harmful gases and their effect in an environment. Advisor Confirmation: I confirm that Archana Shrestha (student PI/leader) is competent and capable of carrying out the proposed project, and that project fits within the student’s academic plan. Academic Advisor (Signature) Project Advisor (Signature) Academic Advisor (Please Print) Project Advisor (Please Print) Project Goals and Activities Project Goals and Description I am looking forward to build a smart robot which will be able to sense carbon monoxide (CO) gas and give feedback of its presence in order to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. Through this project we will be able to track harmful gas concentration around campus which can then be corrected and maintained to obtain a clean environment providing advance campus sustainability. During this project we will be collecting data with the robot and CO sensor. For this project I will be working alone along with the guidance of my advisor. I will be collecting data with the robot every week in different location around campus. The data will be presented in the form of spread sheet and report which will be evaluated for the further action in future. Project Outcomes Carbon monoxide gas is one of the leading causes of accidental poisoning deaths in the world. This gas cannot be seen, felt, smelt or tasted. As a result of which many people do not realize that they are suffering from CO poisoning until it is late. Since the symptoms of CO poisoning are similar to that of flu many people do not predict it to be dangerous. Having a device that can detect CO concentration around us is an excellent way to prevent and be protected from such kind of harmful gas. This project is mainly focused to aware people about how harmful gas can be detected. In United States, Consumer Product safety commission has started to keep carbon monoxide detectors at home but this kind of detector is hard to be used outside. Since my robot will be capable to move around in the different location so it will be more easier and effective way to detect carbon monoxide. After the project is completed, the smart robot and its report will be handed over to the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. The department can then use my report to do more experiments and evaluate my data to prevent and reduce the gas concentration. Outreach Approach The smart robots are small, self operating and can be used in places where human beings cannot go. This robot will be able to perform variety of tasks based upon its artificial intelligence. The robot will be programmed in such a way that it will detect, identify, evaluate and send us the required information. The robot will be controlled by GPS (Global Positioning System) to be sent in different locations around campus. The robot will sense and detect the amount of CO gas around that location and send information via signal to my computer. In this way I will be able to optimize and pin point the locations where the CO gas concentration is high and will be noting them in my report for further evaluation and correction. The robot will be sent to different location around campus every week to observe and report the CO gas concentration. Participation and Support For this project, I will be working under the guidance and advice of Dr. Richard wall. Dr. Wall is an experienced and highly qualified professor in Computer and Electrical Engineering Department in University of Idaho. He has worked on the field of micro controllers for last 20 years. His main contribution to the society has been in the field of distributed processing and power system transient modeling. In this project he will be guiding, evaluating and giving me feedbacks on my progress as I go on. Dr. Wall has also asked me to use one of his laboratories to do this project as I will need some power tools and devices to get the project ready. Project Administration The duration of this project will take about three months. I will start the project from May 15, 2013 till August 21, 2013. The lists of the timeline along with activities I will be performing are listed below. The budget plan and fund collected will be deposited into my college account under the supervision of my advisor. My advisor will be then keeping track of all the monetary activities going on for the project. He will also be active in getting necessary tools and parts that will be used during this project. Timeline May 15 2013: Research on Sensor motor. May 16 2013::Initiate model ideas and design model May 24 2013: Present new model sketches. May 27 2013: Begin modeling and run simulations. May 30 2013: Commencement of project; download Ubuntu on a personal computer and start to compile June 1 2013: Start to prepare a prototype of smart robot. June 2 2013: Meeting with Dr.Wall to discuss about prototype. June 4 2013: Finish building prototype of smart robot. June 7 2013: Present and test prototype of smart robot to Professor Dr. Wall. June 14 2013: Start to build main design of smart robot June 21 2013: Assemble all the parts. June 28 2013: Finish building smart robot. July 7 2013: Start programming the smart robot. July 14 2013: Debug the code and improve the design of smart robot. July 21 2013: Start to collect the data from robot. July 28 2013: Ready to finish and test design of smart robot. August 1 2013: Present final results to Professor Dr. Wall and students in UI. August 7 2013: Collect comments and feedback, begin fabrication. August 15 2013: Complete poster presentation. August 21 2013: Present the final model. Plan for Future Action This project will help University of Idaho to recognize the location on campus that needs to have healthy environment by pointing out the location where the gas concentration is high. After me this project will be handed to Electrical and Computer Engineering department. The department will then use my project and share it with other students so that they can come up with more innovative and improvised ideas for the robot. The project will also create an opportunity for some student to find out how to identify and control the cause of the excessive gas concentration on those locations. Team members Qualification and Interests I think I am qualified for this project because I am from Computer Engineering major and I have deep interest on programming and micro-electronics. In last couple of year I have taken lots of programming and electronics classes such as CS 210, CS 270, CS 240, ECE 310, ECE 340, and ECE 350. The topic sensor was taught in one of the Computer Engineering classes (ECE 340) at University of Idaho. By taking these classes I got excited and interested on sensor so it has inspired me to do this project. By doing this project, I will develop my skill getting into a graduate school with a research focus towards electronics. Budget Template Name : Archana Shrestha Student ID#:102-64578 Equipment (itemized) 1) Sensor 2) Microcontroller 3) Rc car 4) Multimeter 5) Resistors 6) IC Chips total: Equipment Amount $ 250 97 88 46 12 29 $522 Materials and supplies Amount $ 30 76 90 $196 Materials and Supplies(itemized) 1) USB 2) Bluetooth 3) Batteries total: Travel Costs (itemized) 1) Transportation during shopping in stores 2) Online shopping of products total: Amount $ 35 25 Travel $60 Personnel/Services(itemized) Amount $ Other Expenses(itemized) Amount $ Subtotal: 778 Facilities and Administrative Costs (8%): $62.24 Your current Total: $840.24 Total request: $840.24 Budget Justification: In this project I will be using Rc car, microcontroller, sensor and Bluetooth devices. The Rc car is used so that I will be able to control the movement of smart robot powered by battery which can move back and forth with the help of keyboard. Microcontroller is used so that I can program my smart robot to be able to sensing. For the sensing I will be using the sensor which will be attached to my micro controller and with the help of Bluetooth I will be able to have communication between robot and computer. The robot and computer will act like master and slave device. In this project the master will be computer by which we can give instructions about what to do and where to move. The slave will give data to master in form of acknowledgement bits and we will be able to collect data. In conclusion, this research will be great achievement in the field of science and engineering, as we will be building a sensor robot that will be able to sense the Carbon monoxide. This research will also protect the human beings and animal from fatal poisoning. My research can be used particularly to bring awareness to study about toxic gases and their effect in an environment. The research will provide insight to all the information that we were not aware of, creating probability to advancement technology and leading the younger generation toward modern innovations.