작품 내용요약

The present prototype aims to facilitate the scheduled feeding of overweight pets and clean surfaces. Nowadays, most pet owners invest a lot of time in taking proper care of their pets and do household chores, especially when they work. That's why pets tend to have unhealthy eating habits, such as obesity. Similarly, since owners are absent, it is hard to clean the house. In that sense, we designed a Feeder-Cleaning Robot which is Bluetooth enabled and automatic. The user can operate the robot through an app, which offers customisable programming options for the pet's mealtime needs from the convenience of your phone as well as scheduled cleaning. It is expected for the robot to avoid obstacles accurately and deliver portions of the food initially input without hindering the cleaning functionality. Also, our design is symmetric so that the robot moves smoothly around the house. All these features make the robot user friendly for users of all ages having one pet or more.

과제의 목적, 개발동기 및 필요성

Taking care of pets asks for a lot of dedication. This includes keeping them healthy (emotionally and physically) while also completing any other task. Notwithstanding, most pet owners have a hard time balancing such responsibilities. One of the most severe consequence is having obese pets which naturally leaves to short lifespans. In the same sense, most pet owners also have work hours which means that they are not able to feed their pets at consistent schedules. The last problem we attempt to deal with is the fact that busy pet owners are also unable to clean their houses often. By building the present robot we approach the mentioned issues in a user-friendly, straightforward manner. We expect users of all ages to be able to have a flawless interaction with the final app but also understand how the robot works. By doing so, we look forward to lowering the obesity rates in pets as well as taking the burden off of the pet owners. Why do we need such a device? It is convenient for people of all ages to efficiently automatize the time-consuming pet feeding responsibility. Our device is innovative because it addresses two big issues that connected to each other, often present in our everyday life.

과제의 내용

Our team developed and researched autonomous robots that allow user to schedule both surface cleaning and pet feeding at the same time. By having an ultrasound sensor that is constantly scanning its surroundings in real time, the robot can decide where to go next on its own. In addition to that, through the programming of Arduino the robot can be configured to do any of its functions independently. In order for the power to be enough for all of the devices (vacuum, servo motors, DC motors) we analyzed a wide variety of power sources so that all the functionalities of our robot can work flawlessly. A similar situation raised when testing the maximum weight for our robot to handle. The main trouble in here was the external power source, meant for the Arduino, since most commercial external batteries are heavy and big.