Sniffles the Filterbot

Have you ever gone for a walk to your favourite cafe and suddenly a 1980 Pontiac Trans Am drives by that is decades long overdue for an oil change? You choke and squint in the cloud of smog that surrounds you in its wake. When you finally get your food, it just doesn't taste the same :0(

Smog is a serious health issue that affects over 3 million Canadians, but it is difficult to control with ever-increasing urbanization. However, there's no need to despair. Introducing....Sniffles, the air cleaning robot! Sniffles autonomously roams and when it detects pollution:

• its lights turn angry red
• it inhales the noxious air and cleans it using activated carbon
• it then spews forth air that smells not unlike fresh clothes out of the dryer

In the not so distant future, Sniffles will also measure wind speed and direction, which will enable it to analyze the pollution data and find the sources of pollution. Smog... you've been warned.

Built With

• air-quality-sensor
• arduino-uno
• bounce-dryer-sheet
• led-stick
• makeblock-struts
• ultrasonic-sensor