Published July 8, 2017

Roombot: Room Cleaning Robot

Roombot is a room cleaning robot that moves around the room avoiding obstacles, picking up dust and wiping the floor.

IntermediateWork in progress21,901

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

Story

Have you ever imagined a toy-like machine (trust me it is much more complex than a toy) that can be your partner in daily household chores? Yes. The time has come for it to become a reality with our tiny little room cleaning robot named Roombot. Check out the video of our first prototype:

Business Plan

While it is a fact that these bots already exist, our aim is to make ROOMBOT smarter, economical and more user-friendly which makes it one of a kind. Just to give an example, you can see what your partner is doing by using an app and also control it via phone. (Sounds more like a game, doesn’t it?)

We plan to make this bot popular through social media platforms, tech platforms and of course by reaching out to people who would be willing to be a part of affordable cleaning solution which we are going to provide in the form of Roombot.

How's it work?

“Roombot would be equipped with an advanced mapping technology which ensures that no corner of your room is left uncleaned. The RSSI-based system tracks the motion of the bot taking reference from the fixed beacons in the room. Roombot understands and learns the environment better with every use, constantly making it better. The multiple sensors embedded into the bot prevents the undesired collisions and also the cliff sensors avoid it from tumbling down the stairs.”

Roombot can be operated in two modes:

Autonomously

Phone Controlled

Autonomous Mode

In autonomous mode, Roombot drives throughout the room and collects the dust through its vacuum cleaning system. After cleaning the whole room it sends notification to the user’s phone through connected Bluetooth device or via the Internet. Roombot is directly connected to Internet, so user can set schedule time or with a single click start it’s working and receive the status even if he/she is out of station.

Phone Controlled Mode

In this mode, Roombot is controlled by the phone via Bluetooth or directly from the Internet. Roombot is equipped with the webcam, by using Kandy.io API’s we can livestream the video from Roombot to user’s phone. With the help of firebase real time database, it can be controlled in realtime. This mode can be used if user wants to clean a particular area manually.

Vacuum Pump Design

We are working on fabrication of the vacuum pump now. Check out the initial sketch and concept design:

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We are using 5cm long propeller, 85 mm coreless DC motor and Centrifugal pump like eccentric enclosure.

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Here is the new design for our second prototype:

Check out our work, contribution and sponsorship we received at this link.

Schematics

Code

obstacle avoiding

const int trigPin = 11;
const int echoPin = 10;
const int in1 = 9;
const int in2 = 8;
const int in3 = 4;
const int in4 = 3;


void setup() 
{
  pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
  pinMode (in1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode (in2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode (in3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode (in4, OUTPUT);
}
long duration, distance;

void loop()
{     
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(2);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);  
  duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
  distance = duration/58.2;
  if(distance<15)
    {
      digitalWrite(in1, LOW); 
      digitalWrite(in2, HIGH); 
      digitalWrite(in3, HIGH); 
      digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
    }
  else
    {
      digitalWrite(in1, HIGH); 
      digitalWrite(in2, LOW); 
      digitalWrite(in3, HIGH); 
      digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
    }  
  delay(50);
}

Credits

John Baptist Rodrigues

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I am John Rodrigues,Mechanical Design Engineer by profession| blogger and writer at designwithjohn.com

Roombot: Room Cleaning Robot

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

Business Plan

How's it work?

Autonomous Mode

Phone Controlled Mode

Vacuum Pump Design

Here is the new design for our second prototype:

Custom parts and enclosures

CAD Assembly

Schematics

Circuit Diagram

Code

obstacle avoiding

Credits

John Baptist Rodrigues

Comments

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Roombot: Room Cleaning Robot

Roombot: Room Cleaning Robot

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

Business Plan

How's it work?

Autonomous Mode

Phone Controlled Mode

Vacuum Pump Design

Here is the new design for our second prototype:

Custom parts and enclosures

CAD Assembly

Schematics

Circuit Diagram

Code

obstacle avoiding

Credits

John Baptist Rodrigues

Comments

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