ROBOLLECTOR -the Common Garbage Collector

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Robots have been used all over the world to help make things easier and faster. With the advent of technology among us to make our lives easier, the researchers constructed a robot that collects garbage using Ev3 Lego Mindstorms and named it the Robollector. This robot has claws that collect the garbage into the conveyor inside it and ends in a fish net or garbage storage of the robot.

METHODS

Robollector is a robot that collects garbage with a dimension of 330 cm length, 165 height and width, excluding the garbage storage. The robot was divided into 3 different parts; namely, the claw or the front part, the body or the middle part where the conveyor was placed, and the storage or the end part. The Robollector was programmed using the Ev3 Programming Software. The pallets (please check if this is the right word here) are connected to each other properly to ensure that that tasks are carried out correctly. The action control specifically the move tank and medium motor pallets were used for the robot to move, the conveyor to perform, and the claw to rotate.

RESULTS

The researchers tested the Robollector in different places in the school's covered court, robotics center, and inside the classroom. The robot ran smoothly as expected. The robot encountered a problem however regarding the arrangement of the chairs when it was tested in the classroom because there was a lot of obstacles causing the robot to lose its path. The performance of the robot was still good after all. The robot's ability to collect garbage also helped the researchers to maintain the cleanliness inside their training ground, which was the robotics center. The robot successfully picked up the Lego elements that were scattered on the floor using the claw. Each part of the robot worked successfully.

DISCUSSIONS

The program of the robot performed properly because the appropriate pallet was used. The outside factor that affected the performance of the robot was the friction caused by the surface texture in different terrains. The smooth surface of the classroom with tiles led the robot to run fast and not collect all of the wastes, the rough surface made it slow and it just passed by the garbage, and the normal surface a traditional cement coating gave the robot its best performance where all the garbage were collected.