A.W.C.M. (Arduino-based Waterway Cleaning Machine)
Keywords:
Acquiring trash, Arduino Uno, Arduino IDE, Motor Shield, Jumper Wire, Waterway, ProgrammingAbstract
INTRODUCTION
The Philippines is prone to typhoons because of its location an average of 20 typhoons is expected to enter the Philippines Area of Responsibility. These typhoons tend to make floods that lead to numerous deaths. One of the greatest factors of having floods is that the waterways being blocked by the trash that people often put trash on these waterways. in conclusion, the A.W.C.M. Or Arduino-based Waterway Cleaning Machine was conceptualized.
METHODS
This machine is consisting of 2 main parts, the base which holds the trash and the main body which contains the brain and the motors. The machine has railings for the movement of the machine. It is mainly composed of Arduino uno, jumper wires, a4983 module, stepper motor, bearings, and motorcycle battery. An ocular visitation was done on San Miguel-a, Maragondon, Cavite to see the real scenario on the canals. Later on, I made a 3D design and make a dummy robot to see the actual size and placement of the programming materials. Then, I started the frame-making, it was done on Exemplar hardware. The programming materials were bought on E-gizmo and Sparkfruit in Manila. The Construction of the device has been made the frame and the programming materials have been combined and start the programming of the device. Arduino IDE is used for programming the Arduino Uno for the movement of the machine. Testing and debugging was done before the trials. The percentage was used to determine the accuracy of the device.
RESULTS
The machine had 100% in terms of movement of the machine, sensor, acquiring trash since all of our methods are perfectly planned and got 80% accuracy on the part of the lifting of the trash. The totality of 95% accuracy in the whole parameters. It did show that Arduino-based Waterway Cleaning Machine could really help society.
DISCUSSIONS
In lifting the trash, we encounter some problems because the thread that was used is not coordinating in the flow of the DC motor. Also, our wire mesh was smaller than the bottom part since we can't lift if it's bigger. But’, the other function of the device worked properly.
