IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTONOMOUS BALL FEEDER MOBILE ROBOT

The objective of the project is to design and implement autonomous ball feeder
mobile robot. The robot will be able to feed the ball into the outer torch
automatically. The purpose of designing the robot is to enter the ROBOCON
competition organized by SIRIM. This is the first participation of University
Technology PETRONAS in ROBOCON competition since it is an annually
competition from 2002.
Without any past experience on building a robot, the Electrical & Electronic
department has given the author challenges to build an autonomous robot base on
certain constrains restricted by the rules stated by the organizer. The robot will be
bigger in size and capable to carry heavier loads.
The scope of the study will be mainly on the design and implementation of the
robot from scratch or little knowledge. The study will be handled part by part from
researching on the whole part of the robot until the implementation of the workable
robot. The robot implementation can be divided into two main sections which is
hardware and controller part ofthe robot.
In the discussion part, all the robot implementation will be discussed in more
detail as to make sure the objective of the project can be achieved successfully. The
problem and the solution for the problem will also be discussed base on the student
point of view.
Before ending the chapter, some recommendation has been suggested for
further improvement for the next ROBOCON team members. The suggestions made
are base on the current available technology and also the experience gain by the
author through out this design project. To conclude the thesis paper, the conclusion
will wrap up the whole findings in a general view.