Obstacle Detector
Description
An obstacle detector robot is a system which navigates with respect to an obstacle and a sensor subsystem having a defined relationship with respect to the obstacle and aimed for detecting the obstacle.
Hardware
The sensor subsystem includes an infrared led which emits a directed beam having a defined field of emission and a infrared detector having a defined field of view which intersects the field of emission of the led at a region. A circuit (using BRiCS AVR kit) in communication with a detector redirects the robot to avoid obstacles. A similar system is employed to detect walls.
Software
The software for this project is written in Eclipse notepad. The AVR-GCC compiler has build in commands for reading out the ADC port of an AVR microcontroller. The result of IR sensors output is displayed on a LCD module. Then we use an algorithm to comparing this sensors output and accordingly giving directions to detect obstacles.
Source Code for Obstacle Detector
