Inspiration
In the current circumstances of Covid-19 pandemic, taking care of independent houses and farmhouses is a serious issue for most house owners. When we look into the future, post Covid times, the demand for automated security and surveillance will continue to increase as most of the things will shift to online.
What it does
Robostrixx comes into play with its state of the art technology backed with multiple sensors providing an entire report of your property, available to you in your mobile phone.It's on duty, 24*7 having flame sensors to sense fire, obstacle, shock, tilt sensors and path tracking for automated seamless operations, 360 degree rotating camera giving you an entire watch on the property. All the data will be available on the user dashboard which will be updated in real-time.
How we built it
The prototype model is based on a toy car chassis loaded with an exhaustive list of sensors such as IR sensor, flame sensor, tilt sensor, shock sensor , tracking module, temp and humidity sensor. The development boards used are Arduino and NodeMCU. It is completely automated, loaded with obstacle, tilt and shock sensors so every time a obstacle/uneven path is detected the robot can adjust its motion accordingly and overcome the obstacle. The data from the sensors is first received at ThinkSpeak Cloud, and the same is made accessible to the user’s website using the API. If used for industrial purpose, further automation is possible with the respective sensors required as per the place of deployment. The data received from the sensors can be further used for analysis in the Thingspeak cloud. Currently, When an user visits our website , He/She can book a demo for themselves and after filling up the details, our developers would receive a mail and can contact them anytime soon.
Challenges we ran into
Due to lockdown, we were unable to buy a 360 degree camera module for the project which played a key role in fulfilling our aim. Also for the same reason, Proper DC motors were unavailable for the smooth working of the prototype.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Being able to complete the hardware operations in a such a small amount of time added with unavailability of DC motors.
What we learned
Optimising and maximizing the output from limited resources and time. Learnt about the functionality of ThingSpeak, IoT analysis service which helped us in gaining real-time data directly onto the web.
What's next for RoboStrixx
Developing and deploying full fledged robots enabled with all the features from our prototype along with Industrial state of the art sensors and high torque motors. AI / ML can be integrated in order to make the working of robot more efficient, intelligent and highly specific. We also aim to provide more personalized User experience for various segments of customers

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