FINAL YEAR PROJECT PROPOSAL

NAME : Azli bin Mohd Amin

MILITARY NO : T 3010877
COURSE : 4 SZC
TITLE : Robot Liquid Carrier for Incline and Decline Surface.
OBJECTIVE : Design and development of a robot liquid carrier for incline
and decline surface.

PROBLEM STATEMENT:
There are some hazardous liquid such as waste from the chemical reactor. If
the chemical spill out of container it may cause damage or grave pollution to the
environment. In order to deliver the chemical from one point to another it has to be
well handled or has to be filled into barrels then pour them back to the right dumping
site. So it needs a lot of work as well as costlier because it needs a lot of manpower
to do such process. To make the process easier and cheaper, a liquid carrier robot for
incline and decline surface has to be design and developed.

SCOPE:
1. The robot carries liquid.
2. The maximum gradient of the surface must be in the range of -30⁰ up to 30⁰ for the
robot to respond effectively.
3. The robot can only move forward and backward.
4. Lego pneumatic set will be used as the pneumatic system.
5. PIC16F877A will be used for the microprocessor.
6. Study on the gyro sensor which will detects the gradient change.

METHODOLOGY:
a. Choose title :
choose title from the list and discuss about planning for the whole
semester of final year project.
.
b. Literature Review :

Make a literature review about the project. Gather all the data and
information about the project from the sources like internet, journals
and books before it been analysis either it related or not and useful for
the designing and development of the robot. After that, further
discussion with the supervisor.

It is including:
i. Introduction of pneumatic set
ii. Hardware used in designing robot
iii. Software used in designing robot

c. Analysis on method use in elevating the container of the robot

d. Choose method
e. Configure the hardware and software use in designation of the
project
i. Hardware :

• 4 unit of 12Volt DC geared motor

-use to rotate the 4 wheel of the robot

• 1 unit of 12 volt brushless DC motor high speed RPM
(35000 RPM) for suction cup
• 1 unit of pneumatic set
-consists of pneumatic pump, cylinder, switch,tubing and air
tank as well as the pneumatic disribution block.
• Nickel-cadmium

-as supply power for the whole robotic system

• robot controller(electronic circuit) + motor driver (H-
bridge dc motor driver)
 - H-bridge circuit is that the motor can be driven forward or
backward at any speed, optionally using a completely
independent power source and isolate the other ICs from
electrical problems.
• Mechanical part (body, wheel, screw etc.)
• PIC microcontroller

- PIC16F877A as main processor used to control the motion of

the robot.
i. Software:
• Proteus software
-for designing electronic circuit
• Solidwork software
-for designing mechanical structure
• MPLAB software (with high tech c-compiler PICC lite)
-for controlling the motion of the robot using PIC
microprocessor
c. Check for hardware and software availability
g. Start designing the hardware configuration using autoCAD
software
h. Designing configuration of electronic circuit for the controller
board
i. Writing Report :
After all the information have been analysis and accepted by the
supervisor, start to write the first part of final year project
thesis.Thesis for semester 1 final year project contains 3 part which
are introduction, literature review and methodology .
j. Presentation :
Prepare the slide show of the entire final year project Part I;
Introduction, Literature Review and Methodology. Present the slide
show in front of the other lecturers.
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EXPECTED OUTCOMES:

The design and development of a liquid carrier robot for incline and decline
surface is success where only surface gradient in the range of -30⁰ up to 30⁰ is the
surface for the robot will work effectively.

MILESTONE:
• Semester I :

WEEK
TITLE 1 1 1 1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 1 2 3 4
Choose title
Literature review on
hardware used in designing
robot and software used in
designing robot
-pneumatic set, Servo motor,
PIC microcontroller, Proteus,
MPLAB software
Analysis on method use in
climbing vertical surfaces
Choose method
configure the hardware and
software use in designation
of the project
check for hardware and
software availability
Start designing the hardware
configuration using Solidwork
software
Writing report
Presentation

• Semester II :

WEEK
TITLE 1 1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14
0 1 2
Hardware Configuration
Hardware Test &
Troubleshoot
Software Configuration
Software Test & Troubleshoot
Integrated Between Hardware
& Software
Troubleshoot
Write Thesis
Presentation
Submit

REFERENCES:

BOOKS

1. PIC Microcontroller Project Book by John Iovine

2. Programming & Customizing PIC by Mike Predko.
3. The Robot Builder's Bonanza 3rd Edition by Gordon McComb and Mike
Predko.
4. Pneumatic Handbook 8th Edition by Antony Barber.
WEB SITES

1. http://www.galileo.org/robotics2
2. www.eere.energy.gov/femp/operations_maintenance/om_motortypes.html