IRJET- Multi - Purpose Fire Fighter Robot

International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 05 Issue: 03 | Mar-2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072
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Multi - Purpose Fire Fighter Robot
Sunil Kumar J P1, Nagaraj K2, Pravin Kumar M3, Josephine J4
1,2,3Student, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,G.K.M College of Engineering and Technology,
Tamil Nadu, India.
4Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, G.K.M College of Engineering and
Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Abstract - The Multi Purpose Fire Fighter Robot has three
main objectives for fire extinguish and rescue operation. The
design was made as an all-terrain robot, for easy locomotion.
A robotic arm with a gripper at its end will be used to remove
debris from damaged building parts during fire accidents.The
design has a water tank at its back, the water outlet is
attached to the tip of the robotic arm for fire extinguishing
with 360 degree scope. Some sensors like IR receivers and
flame sensors are used for automatic fire detection.Ultrasonic
sensors works as obstacle detector and PIR sensor acts as a
human detector to save lives during automatic operation of
the robot. The entire robot can also manually operated using
Bluetooth remote interface. With all such functionalities, the
robot helps not only civilians but also firemen during fire
extinguish and rescue operation. This was designed as a Final
Year project and to online publication as a journal through
IRJET. The main objective was to help fireman in dealing with
fire accidents more easily.
1. INTRODUCTION
The fire fighting robot wasmade to sense fire using multiple
sensors fitted on all sides. Once the different fire locations
are obtained, the arduino is coded to run a sensingalgorithm
according to which the robot movestowardsthe nearestfire
spot. After assessing the fire spot by flame sensor modules
on the sides of the robotic arm, the water outlet hose fixated
on the base of the tip of the robotic arm gripper is made to
extinguish the fire. The navigation of the robotisachievedby
IR sensors and ultrasonic sensors. The PIR sensor allows
tracking of human beings. The deployment of the
extinguishing device is implemented with a custom arm
controlled by servos. The design of the robot was made as
simple as possible, considering all the sensors, motors and
drives used. All the important topics about the robot are
explained in detail below.
1.1 Software Design
The software for the robot was coded in Embed C, as it
reduces complexity in comparison with assembly language
and provides a fardecent viewof understandingtheprogram
for viewers. Since our Arduino supports Embed C, it was
easier to code the entire program. The total program was
divided into the three main parts, 1.Automatic 2.Manual
3.Security. Upon the robot initialization, the [1] Automatic
mode runs as default. When the robot senses a fire accident,
there will be two cases. If the robot can solve the emergency
itself, the mode is set to [3] Security. But if the situation
becomes complex for the robot to handle duringboth thefire
extinguishing and pick andplaceoperation,themodeissetto
[2] Manual, where the user controls the robot using the
Bluetooth remote interface, normally using an android
device.
1.2 Sensor Synchronization
Sensor synchronization included reading an ultrasonic
transducersand interpreting distance forobstacledetection,
and with the robot locomotion. Multiple power LEDs are
used to signify the current operation of the robot. The most
programming sensitive sensor wasthe ultrasonicandanalog
IR receivers. The ultrasound expects an initial trigger pulse,
which is projected out and upon striking the objectitreflects
back until an echo is received. The length of timethattheline
is held is proportional to the distance that the sensor is
reading. The IR receivers are set to read all analog values,
and upon reading the values of flame detected, arduino will
process the fire extinguishing operation. The Bluetooth
module was coded to receive certain key codes. Each key
code transferred will cause the robot to perform a different
operation. The Coding wasdone with multiple conditions,as
read from the sensor. Once a condition becomes true, the
corresponding operation is executed by the robot
2. Mechanical Design of Robotic Arm
The Custom made Robotic arm has4 main parts 1. Base 2.
Shoulder 3. Elbow 4. Gripper. All the robotic armand robotic
gripper were designed and cut out of mica rather than 3d
printedparts. This isto ensure lowcostwithhighendurance.
The entire design uses just 4 servo motors as it provides
better accuracy and precision. We used 3 SG90 servos and
one MG995 servo. MG995 is used because of its high torque;
it is housed in the base of the shoulder, managing the
shoulder movements.
Fig -1: Mica pieces after cutting and drilling

2.1 Robotic Arm Base
The base is a rotating platform such that the entire
platform is placed upon a sg90 servo motor, such that the
motor itself is firmly fixated onto the metal chassis.Thesg90
servo motor allows 180 degree rotation of the robotic arm
base.
2.2 Robotic Arm Shoulder
TheShoulder also a 180 degree rotatingservomotorbut
with higher torque of 10kg/cm, the servo motor is a MG995
model. The shoulder needs higher torque motor, due to the
gripper’s weight and the weight of the object
(obstacle/debris of buildings considering a practical fire
brigade). The entiremovementandweightloadfallsuponthe
shoulder, hence Tower pro MG995 is preferred.
2.3 Robotic Arm Elbow
The Elbow consists of two sg90 servo motors; one is
fixed at the bottom, while the other is fixed at the top. The
bottom one enables movement of the elbow, while the top
one enables rotation of the robotic arm gripper, as the
application needs.
2.3 Robotic Arm Gripper
The gripper consists of 2 rotary gear, and one worm
(screw) gear. The worm gear is attached to the shaft of a 12v
geared dc motor, on forward and reverse running of the
motor, the gripper hands made out of mica will close in
gripping the object, and on reverse loose free the grip over
the object.
Fig -2: Partial Attachment of robotic arm
3. Mechanical Chassis Design
The Chassis is double layer metal design made of steel
metal of thickness 3mm. The bottom of the lower layer
consistsof screw holesfor metal clampsfor attachingwheels
and motors. The layers are set to have a hollow gap of 7cm in
between them, it is in this region all the circuits are placed
upon, and it is such that during fire extinguishing operation,
the circuitry should not be disturbed or damaged by water
dropsand to prevent anyphysicaldamagethatmighthappen
during the operation. Proper holes and cuttings are made on
certain spots, for exact and smooth fixing of different
components.
Fig -3: Disassembled version of robot chassis
4. Motor Drive System
The motor drive system consists of a motor controller,
motor driver and geared driveDC motors and servo motors.
Using a motor controller and geared drive motors is a great
improvement over modified hobby servo solutions in
reliability, speed, noise, and power consumption in termsof
vehicle locomotion. This solution is about twice the initial
cost of using servos, since a separate motor controller is
used. But, the servos are used to produce positional
movement of robotic arms, which is essential for identifying
the angle of the fire spot from the robot. However, the
longevity of geared DC motor over a modified hobby servois
the advantage for robot movement.
Fig -4: Motor Driver ST L298N (5 Amps Peak)
4.1 Motor Driver
Double Hdriver module usesST L298N dual full-bridge
driver, an integrated monolithic circuit in a 15- lead Multi
watt and PowerSO20 packages. It is a high voltage, high
current dual full-bridge driver designed to accept standard
TTL logic levels and drive inductive loads such as relays,
solenoids, DC and stepping motors. Two enable inputs are
provided to enable or disable thedevice independentlyofthe
input signals. The emitters of the lower transistors of each
bridge are connected together and the corresponding
external terminal can be used for the connection of an
external sensing resistor. An additional supply input is
provided so that the logic works at a lower voltage.

5. Sensors
A Sensor is simply a device that is used to detect or sense
certain events and changes that happen in the environment
around the sensor. It reads environmental values and
provides it as an electrical signal for further processing
needed for the project.
5.1 Flame Sensors/Modules
The flame sensor is simply an Infrared Receiver,itreads
all values in its range, and provides an analog output. The
analog output is fed to the arduino system, such that the
arduino uses these values to predict the flame regions.
The secondary version of these Infrared Receivers are the
flame sensormodule, the module consistsof certaincircuitry
that the module itself detects the flame. Upon detection, it
provides a digital HIGH to the arduino microcontroller.
Fig -5: Flame Sensor Module
5.2 Ultrasonic Sensors
An Ultrasonic sensor is used to detect objects
(obstacles) in front of it. The sensor sends an audio signal of
40 kHz, commonly called as trigger. This signal traverses
through space and on collision with anobject, get’ sreflected
back on to the sensor, commonly called asecho. Determining
the time taken for sending and receiving the signal, the
distance of the object from the robot can be easily measured.
This helps the robot in automatic locomotion, for fire
detection.
Fig -6: Ultrasonic Sensor
5.3 Passive Infrared Sensors
These sensors shortly called as PIR sensors, are mainly
designed to detect human movements. If a human is
supposed to move across the sensor, the PIR detects the
human presence, and the digital circuitry within the sensor,
produces a digital HIGH, for easy usage of the sensor. The
common usage of these sensors is for Burglar alarm. But in
our project, we used it to detect immobilized humans during
the autonomousoperation of therobot. Such that, if a human
is detected, proper actions can be considered to save the
person because it is tough for a fireman to get in to hot air
regions around the fire accident location.
Fig -7: Passive Infrared Sensor
6. Bluetooth Remote Interface
The robot can also be manually controlled using
Bluetooth technology. For this, the Bluetooth moduleHC-05
is used, due to its good compatibility. The Bluetooth uses
short wavelength UHF radio wavesin theISMbandfrom“2.4
to 2.485 GHz” from fixed and mobile devices, and building
personal area networks (PANs). The range of this Bluetooth
module is 10m (30 feet) maximum. The HC-05 is connected
to the in-build Bluetooth of an android device. Onpairingthe
devices, the robot can be fully controlled using a virtual
joystick provided by some android applications. Depending
on the values sent from the applications, the arduino is
coded accordingly.
Below are images of HC-05 Bluetooth Module and the
corresponding Bluetooth app.
Fig -8: HC-05 Bluetooth Module

Fig -9: Android Bluetooth Application Sample Image
7. Arduino Mega 2560 R3
The Arduino MEGA 2560 microcontroller was
primarily designed for projects and as improved version of
Arduino Uno with more input and output terminals, more
sketch memory and RAM. With 54 digital I/O pins, 16analog
inputs, a USB port for dumping the sketch, a power jack, an
ICSP header and a reset button with more space for storing
the code. The Arduino platform helps in projects due to its
simplicity in embed C coding language and easy circuit
connections using the header pins. The Arduino Mega 2560
is programmed using the Arduino Software (IDE); it alsohas
a serial display to check the operation performed by the
arduino
Due to the above specifications, arduino mega was selected
out of all arduino microcontroller models. Arduino Mega
2560 serves as a great development platform for 8-bit
microcontroller projects. The additional I/O and serialports
and plentiful code space in the Mega provide significant
advantages over the Uno or other previous-generation
Arduino boards. What is great about the Mega, and the
Arduino family as a whole, is the ability to transport your
code from one hardware solution to another and even
beyond to your own custom PCBs. Once you run out of
resources on one of the smaller boards, and with only
minimal code changes and a simple board selection in the
Arduino IDE, you can be up and running on the Mega with
ease.
Fig -10: Arduino Mega 2560 R3 Micro Controller
8. Working of Robot
The Robot usesitsmultiple sensors all sidesof itsbody,such
on detection of fire; it runs an algorithm to identify the
nearest fire spot, and moves towards it. Using the flame
sensors on the robotic arm, the robot pin points the flame
spot, and runs the motor pump to extinguish the flame. The
outlet of the pump is fit tightly with a hose, and theotherend
of the hose is attached to the tip of the Robotic arm gripper.
The ultrasonic sensor will help in identifying obstacles in
front of the vehicle, and the robot changesdirectionandpace
accordingly, if it’s a small obstacle the robotic arm removes
the obstacle and continues forward. The robotic arm also
helpsin clearing the debris during fireaccidentsthushelping
firemen. The entire mechanical design was made strong
enough to defend fire intrusions unto the vehicle. Since it is
autonomous, it helpsin firemen safety. In caseofseriousreal
life situations, all parts of the robot can be controlled by
using Bluetooth remote interface. A similar image of the
motor pump is shown below.
Fig -11: 12v dc Submersible Water Pump
9. CONCLUSIONS
The Multi-purpose Fire Fighter robot helps in clearing the
debris of buildings during fire accidents, extinguishing the
fire spot with pin point accuracy and allows detection of
humans within debris using PIR, and allowseasylocomotion
in and around the area by its all-terrain vehicle design. The
robot not only helps civilians, but also firemen during fire
accidents.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Sunil Kumar J P, student, B.E,
Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, G.K.M College of
Engineering and Technology.
Interested in Robotics, andRobotic
designs.
Nagaraj K, student, B.E, Electrical
and ElectronicsEngineering,G.K.M
College of Engineering and
Technology. Good at calibrating
analog sensors and corresponding
circuitry
Pravin Kumar M, student, B.E,
Engineering, G.K.M College of
Engineering and Technology.Good
Knowledge in Mechanical chassis
designing
Josephine K, Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, G.K.M
College of Engineering and
Technology. Holds B.E degree in
Engineering, and M.E degree in
Computer Science Engineering.
With a total experience of 11 years
and 9 moths till March, 2018.

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