Semi-Autonomous Remote-Control Car Infused with Raspberry Pi for Duct System Inspection

Vol.3, No.1A

Abstract

Many sectors in the industry inspect air flow inside and outside of the building and are required to inspect and clean the air flow passage to ensure its safety for its users inside the building. Inspection of the duct system or HVAC system is often needed, and sometimes inspecting this type of system can be dangerous for such inspector going inside to visually check if there is any leakage inside for that introducing UGV such as wireless RC Car that will travel inside and leakage inside and sent to the operator.  

The proponents used the engineering design process to track the research from the background research of the main problem to designing and finalizing the prototype and ensuring that all of its problems stated will meet the requirements to solve. Using RC cars and companion computers to navigate and analyze inside of the duct system and to control the direction, motor speed, sensors, and other things will be using the proponent use microcontroller. Along with traveling inside the duct, the system will report leakage found and send information such as location, temperature, visual temperature, and visual image to the operator. With the process of automation of the RC car, it can help navigate autonomously without human intervention.

The time, speed, and accuracy of the project proved that leaks in the duct system could be detected quickly. The RC car will make you secure from risks and could be beneficial to lessen the cost. The outcome of the completed study is a satisfactory result based on a survey form conducted by the researchers. This project will produce an RC car and a build guide for future students to replicate the procedure.