Latest Mechatronics Projects Ideas for Engineering Students

Latest Mechatronics Projects Ideas for Engineering Students

Dual Motor Electric Go-Kart For Rough Terrain

Here we propose a dual motor high power go kart for rough terrain. Rough terrains means an uneven surface and small obstacles. So we here use shock absorbers between our below chassis and above seating chassis. Also we need to have a strong frame, so we use a metal frame to design it. Also we develop it for wireless running so person in kart can operate it using a joystick as well as a person can remotely operate it. We use scooter wheels with connecting shafts and two motors. We make a turning mechanism for front wheel with another motor needed for turning. This system uses a battery to power it up. We now use a control circuit to control all motors using the input received from the receiver circuit. Thus we provide a fully operational electric gokart for rough terrains.

Automatic foot dust cleaning machine

          Automatic Foot Dust Cleaning Machine is very much useful in hospitals, houses, auditorium, shops, computer centers etc; it is very simple in construction and easy to operate. Anybody can operate this machine easily.  It consists of large number of brush and this brush is used to clean the foot dust. Hence it is very useful in hospitals, houses, etc.  The time taken for cleaning is very less and the cost is also very less.  Maintenance cost is less. There are several numbers of foot dust cleaning machine and are working under different principles and the cost is also very high.

            In our project is very simple drive mechanism and easy to operate any persons and children. The size of the machine is also portable, so we can transfer from one place to other place very easily. In our Automatic foot dust cleaning machine is simple, all house holding device; even children can also operate it easily with safety.  It is very important one for each and every houses and hospitals etc.

Design of ice-storage air conditioning control system based on PLC

Based on analysis of the structure and control requirements of ice-storage air conditioning system, a distributed control system design was introduced. The hardware environment was mainly based on programmable logic controller (PLC), and a touching screen was also applied as the local platforms of SCADA ( supervisory control and data acquisition) ; The software were CX-Programmer 7.1 and EV5000 configuration soft ware respectively. Tests results show that the PLC based control system is not only capable of running stably and reliably, but also has higher control accuracy. The touching screen can communicate precisely with PLC, and monitor and control the statuses of ice-storage air conditioning system promptly via MPI(multi-point interface) protocol.

A high efficiency autonomous street lighting system based on solar energy and LEDs

This work presents an autonomous street lighting system based on solar energy as primary source, batteries as secondary source, and lighting emitting diodes (LEDs) as lighting source. This system is being presented as an alternative for remote localities, like roads and crossroads. Besides, it presents high efficiency, because all power stages are implemented in DC current. The design of LEDs fixture, in order to replace a 70 W high pressure sodium (HPS) lamp, is performed. This design takes into account the human eye response in scotopic conditions. LEDs driver and battery charger experimental results are presented. The battery charger presents three control modes: maximum power point tracker (MPPT) mode; constant current mode; and constant voltage mode. The control mode depends on the battery state (charged/discharged), and solar irradiance level.

Robotic Arm Vehicle Controlled By Touch Screen Display

The project proposes a touch screen operated robotic vehicle that can be operated remotely. The touch screen remote is used as the transmitter to send out RF control signals. The robotic vehicle consists of receivers used to capture those signals and perform required tasks. The project uses an 8051 microcontroller for this purpose. The touch screen device is used as the transmitter to send out movement commands to the robotic vehicle. The receiver on the vehicle receives those commands and operates the vehicle using an 8051 microcontroller.  The microcontroller is interfaced with four motors, two are used for vehicle movement controlling, the other two motors are used to handle the arm movement and gripping respectively. The use of RF technology for transmitting and receiving commands provides a wide range of operation (upto 220 meters). The vehicle receiver decodes this received RF commands and then feeds it to the microcontroller. The microcontroller then controls the four motor movements through a driver IC. The system has the enhanced functionality of the catching, grabbing ability along with vehicular movement.

Monthly Electricity Billing Display With Bill SMS Feature

The project provides a system that allows for consumed electricity reading in units as well as the amount charged over it to the user. Our system provides the electricity readings on an LCD screen as well as can sms this reading and cost in rupees to the user.This lets the user know about his exact electricity units consumed and cost directly from his meter so that there is no chance of bill tampering. The project allows a two way reading. One on LCD display and the second on sms. Our project consists of n gsm modem connected to a microcontroller of 8051 family. The system continuously monitors electrical pulses and calculates the unit consumption. The system then uses the cost of each unit to calculate the electricity cost.It then sends all this data to user and electric company via sms and also displays it on an LCD screen for viewing. The system can be further enhanced to receive user messages and control load operations.

Description based person identification in unconstrained surveillance video

The idea is to locate a person-of-interest based on specific set of soft biometric attributes from a surveillance video without prior registration. The project will integrate and minimize semantic gap between human descriptions and soft biometric traits. Moreover it aims at extracting soft biometric features from an input image or a video frame and then uses these features to locate a matching individual in the video stream. This project will add another dimension to surveillance as human cognitive perceptions are used while searching the video streams.

Design & Fabrication of Automatic Drainage Cleaning System

The proposed concept is to replace the manual work in drainage cleaning by automated system. Now-a-days even though automation plays a vital role in all industrial applications in the proper disposal of sewages from industries and commercials are still a challenging task. Drainage pipes are using for the disposal and unfortunately sometimes there may be loss of human life while cleaning the blockages in the drainage pipes. To overcome this problem and to save human life we implement a design “Automatic drainage cleaning system”. Automatic Drainage Cleaning System proposed to overcome the real time problems.

Fabricate a Drone to Fly , float, swim underwater

Like any other remote-controlled aircraft, this drone takes off and flies with a simple start of its rotors and a flick of a joystick.  Before officially taking the plunge into water, pilots simply land the craft on the water’s surface, where it then has the ability to either float in one spot or move around via its propeller. To submerge the aircraft, it needs only to activate the drone’s onboard water pump and begin filling up its ballast chamber. As the drone starts to gain weight (and sink), it then tips over to its side while sinking, effectively turning it into a multi-rotor underwater submarine. After its buoyancy chamber fills and it’s completely submerged, the drones propeller re-engage and allow for the pilot to then drive it underwater, rotors forward. Underwater, the drone has the ability to move up or down, turn left or right, and record video via its onboard camera. As expected, bringing the aircraft back to the water’s surface is as easy as just draining its buoyancy chamber of the contained water. Upon reaching the surface, the drone then rights itself and is once again ready for aerial flight. Once immersed, its propellers are used for underwater navigation. Then it just has to empty its water chamber to return to the surface and then take off. This combination of aerial, surface, and underwater features into a single drone creates new possibilities. As a waterproof aerial vehicle, it can cover large distances over water in a shorter amount of time when compared to submarines.

Mountain Climbing Robot

To propose an unmanned system capable of easily negotiating the obstacles like mountainous platform, rocks, steep hills, snow, sand or desert areas without much effort. The system consists of a special kind of wheels with five spokes to overcome obstacles easily. The system has enough power to transfer logistics with payload carrying mounts. The system has four major subsystems which include Heating-cooling system to maintain the temperature inside in the UMV and a Battery Management System to efficiently monitor the battery current and voltages and a Payload system to deliver power accordingly to each motor and a stability system to make the unmanned platform balance itself in mountainous platform. With this logistics can be easily transported periodically through mountainous platform.

Sewer Cleaning Robot

The recent development in robotics has enabled robot technology to solve many practical problems that humans encounter in day-to-day activities. But, even today manual scavenging of the drainage is practiced in all places of India, wherein men enters the manholes and clean the waste materials in the drainage manually with no technical equipment. It is a dreadful process where the drainage wastes are cleaned by the people that may include the basic tools like buckets, brooms for disposing the drainage wastes. This practice might jeopardize the lives of humans; therefore, a drainage cleaning robot is essential to replace the human intervention. The overflow of drainage water leads to several hazards to the environment. The method used now days contains pumps to suck the drainage water but it fails to clean the rock solids inside the drainage hole. In order to overcome this issue, an attempt has been made to design and develop a ARM robot, which can be controlled by the PWD workers and efficiently cleaning and disposing the drainage wastages thereby controlling the overflow of drainage water by transmitting messages from drainage using transmitter encloses RF transmitter and diode logic to the receiver which has Arduino UNO and GSM modem with RF receiver placed on the street poles.

Bat Bot- Autonomous flying robot that mimics bats

It is challenging to analyze the aerial locomotion of bats because of the complicated and intricate relationship between their morphology and flight capabilities. Developing a biologically inspired bat robot would yield insight into how bats control their body attitude and position through the complex interaction of nonlinear forces (e.g., aerodynamic) and their intricate musculoskeletal mechanism. The current work introduces a biologically inspired soft robot called Bat Bot . The overall system is a flapping machine with 5 Degrees of Actuation (DoA). This work reports on some of the preliminary untethered flights of B2. B2 has a nontrivial morphology and it has been designed after examining several biological bats. Key DoAs, which contribute significantly to bat flight, are picked and incorporated in Bat Bot 's flight mechanism design. These DoAs are:

1) forelimb flapping motion,

2) forelimb mediolateral motion (folding and unfolding) and

3) hindlimb dorsoventral motion (upward and downward movement).

Automatic tyre pressure monitoring system

Accurate tyre pressure is a feature that gives us the advantage of higher fuel savings, and better control of the vehicle The proposed system is designed to refill the tyre pressure even when the vehicle is in motion. In an event of a puncture the tyre pressure is still maintained at the set point until the user takes the vehicle to the repair station. The heart of the system is a combination of pistons which act together to refill the tyre. Temperature compensated pressure sensor keeps a constant vigil on the value of the tyre pressure. Separate mechanisms are included to refill and also to reduce the pressure. Thus this system allows the user to modify the set point of the tyre pressure which would prove necessary when the number of people in the vehicle change or there is a change in the type of the road in which the vehicle traverses. This system is implemented in a tyre with real time variables. This paper deals with the technology and the results of the proposed system.

Food processing/making machine

The automation of Food processing/making machine generally created for the human welfare. Because now a days in food industry manually taste and quality should not be repeatable but by automation we can perform this repeatedly by reducing the errors. The automation always gives fruitful results in industry. This automated cooking machine gives improved quality, reduced manpower and time which results in increased profit with reducing the food wastage. This kind of cooking system is one of the areas that have received the most attention in terms of automation. We are going to introduce a new machine which has a wide scope in our daily as well as in our professional life. In our day to day life time has become a most important factor. In that cooking is basic necessity for human being since food is the one of the basic human needs. There are many tools which makes human task easier until now cooking equipment being used is still hand tool. So various systems are developed which reduces the time and human efforts

Automatic Jack for four wheelers

This project work titled “Automatic Jack for four wheelers” has been conceived having studied the difficulty in lifting the any type of light vehicles. Our survey in the regard in several automobile garages, revealed the facts that mostly some difficult methods were adopted in lifting the vehicles for reconditioning. Now the project has mainly concentrated on this difficulty, and hence a suitable electronic control unit has been designed. Such that the vehicles can be lifted from the floor land without application of any impact force. By pressing the button in the dashboard, the electronic control unit activates the hydraulic jack automatically. The fabrication part of it has been considered with almost case for its simplicity and economy, such that this can be accommodated as one of the essential tools on automobile garages.

Testing of materials

The mechanical behavior of the material is an input parameter of great importance for the modelling of metal forming processes for industrial applications   and for the research works directed for the comprehension of the fundamentals of the manufacturing processes. However, despite the apparent success of the experimental tests have demonstrated for quantifying the input parameters for manufacturing  processes, there are some processes Where there lacks an universal agreement  we need to experiment and analysis the properties in the real time. Based on the experimental validation only seem to indicate that a review of the quantification method of these input parameters should be taken into account. In this context, all the work is focused on the importance of material properties in manufacturing processes.

Pipe inspection robot

Robots are designed to remove the human factor from labour intensive or dangerous work and also to act in inaccessible environment. The inspection of pipes may be relevant for improving security and efficiency in industrial plants. These specific operations as inspection, maintenance, cleaning etc. are expensive, thus the application of the robots appears to be one of the most attractive solutions. The pipelines are the major tools for the transportation of drinkable water, effluent water, fuel oils and gas. A lot of troubles caused by piping networks aging, corrosion, cracks, and mechanical damages are possible. So, continuous activities for inspection, maintenance and repair are strongly demanded.

Paper waste recycling machine

Due to lack of proper waste collection channels we lose a major portion to landfills. The amount of imported waste paper is greater than indigenously collected paper. So, instead of throwing away the waste paper in trash, recycling can be adopted. Recycling, which is the extraction and recovery of valuable materials from scrap or other discarded materials, is employed to supplement the production of paper.  The main benefit of recycling is double decrease of the environmental load. Designing automatically operated compact recycling machine which can be used to simply the process and reduce the production cost of paper.

Design and develop the drive system for Electric Vehicle             

In this paper, an open integration and test platform is used for the multi-objective optimization of the power train concept of a hybrid vehicle. This was done for different driving scenarios and driver types and taking into account longitudinal and lateral vehicle dynamics. A comparative study of fuel efficiency and performance for a hybrid-electric drive with different battery sizes and operating strategies was made, using the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) approach to integrate a detailed vehicle power train model into a comprehensive full-vehicle model driven by a virtual driver on a virtual road.  

Bioelectronics is a field of research in the convergence of biology and electronics.

Dynamic circuit design offers a smaller area and higher speed than complementary CMOS static circuits. Dynamic logic design is a popular technology used to design high-performance processors. However, the power consumption of the dynamic circuit is larger than that of the static circuit. In this paper, a pipeline operation dynamic-dynamic circuit (DD-circuit) is proposed to obtain both the advantages of low-power and high-performance, because the DD-circuit can be driven by AC-voltage directly, without requiring an AC-voltage to DC-voltage transformation. In this paper, we propose utilizing the DD-circuit design for implanted bioelectronics which can use the wireless transmission sinusoid AC signal as power. In addition, the DD-circuit is synthesized by using in-house charge sharing, leakage current, and an internal race alleviation cell library. Therefore, the DD-circuit becomes a feasible technique for designing low-power bio-electronics. According to our research, this is the first published work on this subject.

Performance improvement in drive system of BLDC Motor for Drone    

This paper develops the brushless dc (BLDC) motor sensorless control system. The sensorless techniques that are based on a hysteresis comparator and inductance method with a high starting torque are suggested. Combined with the application of drone system, analyzed the performance requirements of brushless DC motors (BLDCM) in the fields of low speed, and discussed the control method of the dr sensorless BLDCM, developed an prototype of sensorless BLDCM control system based on dsPIC33FJ32MC204. Started the motor in closed-loop mode by using inductance method and BEMF zero crossing detecting method, the motor speed range was effectively expanded.

Heart Attack Detection By Heart Beat Sensing   

                                                        This system Heart Attack Detection by Heart Rate Monitoring Project helps to inform if a person is about to have a heart attack. This system does this by detecting the heart beat level and informs as soon as the heart beat level does not fall within the permissible limit. Thus, this system can be used to save life of many people as this system alerts the doctor about the patient’s heart beat level. For this the system uses two circuits. One is the transmitting circuit which is with the patient and the other is the receiver circuit which is being supervised by the doctor or nurse. The system makes use of heart beat sensor to find out the current heart beat level and display it on the LCD screen. The transmitting circuit includes AVR family microcontroller interfaced to LCD screen and this transmitting circuit is powered by 12V transformer. Similarly, the receiving circuit includes AVR family microcontroller and RF receiver and also has a 12V transformer. The receiver circuit also includes LED light and a buzzer which are used to alert the person supervising the heartbeat rate of the patient and turns on the LED light and buzzer as soon as the heartbeat level of the patient does not fall within the normal heart beat level set.

Wireless Electrical Transmission for Mechatronics Application                     

Since, the batteries provide the required power for propelling the EVs, they should be powerful, long-lasting enough, and rechargeable with the minimum of the time. Resonance Inductive Coupling is a technology that could introduce a convenient charging system to the EVs with fulfilling the aforementioned requirements for the batteries. The inherent characteristic of the antennas makes them suitable in Resonance Inductive Coupling technology.

Sensor less Reluctance motor for Mechatronics Application                                 

A sensor less operation of a Switched Reluctance Motor drive is proposed. Here, the commutation of switched Reluctance motor is done without the use of a position detector. A method based on the calculation of phase inductance from the flux value is used in this. It is ensured that the switching of each phase winding takes place during the positive slope of the inductance profile. The exact aligned position is not ensured though. A simulation is carried out using MATLAB. A 6/4 SRM is used for the purpose. The actual value of inductance in the aligned position is measured by external means and is used as the reference value in the simulation. This is compared with the measured value of inductance and thus generates the triggering pulses required for the drive.

Prevalence of MSD among city bus drivers – Statistical analysis

A national study is to be conducted with the main objective being to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and the association between risk factors and MSDs among City bus drivers. Cross‐sectional data has to be collected from 1,181 male commercial bus drivers in Tamilnadu using questionnaires to determine demographic, working characteristics and a translated Nordic questionnaire to determine MSD complaints. A Human Vibration Meter was used to measure whole body vibration (WBV) exposure, and postural analysis was used to evaluate awkward working posture. To assess psychological factors, the validated Profile of Mood States (POMS) was used.

Design and development of algorithm for Butler bot

In food courts and some restaurants people need to wait for a long time in receiving their ordered food. In such scenario they need a smart environment for serving their ordered food. It will be convenient for the customers if they get their ordered food to their tables without waiting in queue. With our KAMM (Kinetic Autonomous Mobile Machine), an autonomous butler robot which is capable of serving the food from the kitchen to the table of the customers. Our project aims for the design and fabrication of  KAMM which is an autonomous guided vehicle controlled by using Arduino board as the master control unit of the robot for simple construction and cost efficient product. The KAMM is capable of detecting the obstacles and avoiding them and follows its path to reach its destination based on the algorithm embedded in the bot.

Cassava Harvesting machine

Tapioca (Manihot esculenta) is widely grown in temperate climatic conditions.It thrives better in poor soils than many other food plants. It is rich in carbohydrates and many other nutrients. Tapioca is cultivated more in several districts in Tamilnadu providing steady income to farmers. It is used as a thickening agent in various manufactured foods, tapioca pearls called as “Javvarisi” in tamil. Other tapioca resin products include reusable gloves, capes and aprons. Nowadays farmers face a lot of struggle in extraction of Tapioca tubers from the ground as shown in fig1. Due to heavy force given while extracting the tubers  farmers face shoulder pain, hip pain, muscular tear and ankle strain. The extraction process will be simple if the tapioca tubers are mechanically extracted from the soil without the breakage of tapioca tubers from the soil. This machine is useful in automatically extracting the tapioca tubers in all kinds of soil in an efficient manner. The main objective of fabricating this device is to reduce man power, obtain damage free tapioca tubers, reduce effort of  harvesters and  be Ergonomically efficient.

Selection and implementation of temperature sensor for temperature control at steel heat treatment process

All-printed electronics is the key technology to ultra-low-cost, large-area electronics. As a critical step in this direction, we demonstrate that laser sintering of inkjet-printed metal nanoparticles enables low-temperature metal deposition as well as high-resolution patterning to overcome the resolution limitation of the current inkjet direct writing processes. To demonstrate this process combined with the implementation of air-stable carboxylate-functionalized polythiophenes, high-resolution organic transistors were fabricated in ambient pressure and room temperature without utilizing any photolithographic steps or requiring a vacuum deposition process. Local thermal control of the laser sintering process could minimize the heat-affected zone and the thermal damage to the substrate and further enhance the resolution of the process. This local nanoparticle deposition and energy coupling enable an environmentally friendly and cost-effective process as well as a low-temperature manufacturing sequence to realize large-area, flexible electronics on polymer substrates.

Real time Street water Automation

The objective of this project “AUTOMATIC DOMESTIC WATER DISTRIBUTION USING PLC” is to supply water to domestic purpose automatically. In our project PLC is used to automate it. Initially it checks the tank condition based on that further process is done. If the tank does not have enough amount of water to distribute, it checks the bore well water level and based that it operates pump to fill the tank. After the tank has enough water it operates the solenoid valves based on the time interval we have encoded.

             This project completely involves in supervising and controlling of various parameters. This uses Programmable Logic Controller and the information gathered by it, processed and took action based on logic encoded. In this project we are going to supervise and control the different parameters like tank level, bore well level and operate distribution line.

Design and development portable and highly flexible reading table

The present invention discloses a bedside reading tray or table. The base of table is preferably inserted into the space between the mattress and the box springs. The weight of the mattress provides stability for the proportion of the tray. Attached to the base, there is a neck which rises substantially vertically from the base. Attached to the base there is a sill. Attached to sill, there is a tray. The sill keeps items placed on the tray from sliding off. The tray is tilted to so that materials may be placed on it and may be read and written upon. Preferably, the entire table is of one piece construction.

PLC Based Load Limiter                                                                           

Alternating current and power use in home or building can be controlled using a load limiter to reduce electric cost. This project proposes a load limiter that detects excess of alternating current and power supplied to the load and controls the power supply. The load limiter consists of a current transducer meter and a Kilowatt meter and programmable logic controller. The programmable logic controller read the input values from the current transducer meter and Kilo-watt meter and controlled the power supply to the load. A controlling program was written using superCAD software to perform the detection and control process. When there is an excess of power usage, the programmable logic controller sent a signal to the contactor to disconnect the power supply to the load.

Automation for coconut tree climbing

Primary goal of the study is to design a coconut tree climbing device for farmers and residents. It is very difficult to climb on coconut tree manually due to the constant cylindrical structure and single stem. In other type of trees there will be branches for holding and to support the climber. A professional climber with proper training only could able to climb coconut tree. Due to the risk involved nowadays very less people are coming forward to climb on coconut trees. As the educational background of Indian youth is increasing, most of the people may hesitate to come in climbing profession. Considering this scenario, a device which will help the user to climb coconut tree easily will be useful for the people who is having large coconut cultivation as well as residents who is having less coconut trees. This kind of devices will encourage more people to come forward to agricultural sector. For designing of a coconut tree climbing device, it is very important to understand the customer’s aspirations and market segment. This is done by analysing the data of literature review, gemba study, customer survey and market study. Using the outputs of data analysing, quality function deployment (QFD) matrix and product design specification (PDS) were made. According to the PDS, four different concepts were generated to overcome the usability, ergonomic and safety aspects of the problems.

Smart Floor Cleaner Robot Using Android

With the advancement of technology, robots are getting more attention of researchers to make life of mankind comfortable. This paper presents the design, development and fabrication of prototype Smart Floor Cleaning Robot (CLEAR) using IEEE Standard 1621 (IEEE Standard for User Interface Elements in Power Control of Electronic Devices employed in Office/Consumer Environments). Subject robot operates in autonomous mode as well as in manual mode along with additional features like scheduling for specific time and bag less dirt container with auto-dirt disposal mechanism. This work can be very useful in improving life style of mankind.

Waste wood crushing machine              

The wood Crushing process is a main part of the Wastage Collecting industries. Normally the wood Crushing machine is manually hand operated one for Wastage Collecting wood industries. In our project is “motorized wood Crusher”.

Automation in the modern world is inevitable.  Any automatic machine aimed at the economical use of man, machine, and material worth the most. In our project is Pneumatic Actuator and control Valve unit is used for automation.The motorized wood Crushing machine works with the help of high torque A.C motor. The A.C motor is connected to the gear Arrangement. It is used to press the wastage wood in wood industries and agricultural fields. The machine is portable in size, so easy transportable.

India being one of the largest wood industries, lack in technology of processing industry. Till date there were many techniques involved to crush the waste wood. But most of them involved, lead to failure. Even now the basic conventional process is being followed. Most of them are not aware of the importance of processing industry in India. Some projects were designed in recent times but the required target was not achieved. The traditional way of wood crushing was manually done. Day today the wood crushing remains untold miseries to farmers and coconut vendors due to high labour demand and labour cost.

Automation for Waste processing and recycling       

            Automatic waste segregation machine makes use of a variety of sorting means to separate organic matter, plastics, metal, bricks and stones and other substances out from garbage to the maximum, to improve the reusing and recycling of waste. At the same time, the separated waste materials can be further re-processed into useful resources. So, the main purpose of the automatic waste sorter is reduction processing and turning waste into treasure. The sorting machine can fully separate 99% large-size waste (particle size larger than 400mm), 95% sand and soil (particle size smaller than 30mm), 25%-30% organic matter (smaller than 30mm) out from all the garbage. The particle size can be adjusted according to the composition of the garbage. Moreover, the machine also can break all the larger garbage bags to achieve a uniform feeding, which lays a solid foundation for the next step of breaking garbage bags, crushing, sorting and so on.

Boiler automation of Temperature, Water level monitoring & Control System Using PLC                             

            This project involves the various stages of operation involved in the conversion of a manually operated boiler towards a fully automated boiler. Over the years the demand for high quality, greater efficiency and automated machines has increased in this globalised world. The initial phase of the paper focuses on passing the inputs to the boiler at a required temperature, so as to constantly maintain a particular temperature in the boiler. The Air pre heater and Economizer helps in this process. And the paper mainly focuses on level, pressure and flow control at the various stages of the boiler plant. Thus the temperature in the boiler is constantly monitored and brought to a constant temperature as required by the power plant. The automation is further enhanced by constant monitoring using SCADA screen which is connected to the PLC by means of communication cable. By means of tag values set to various variable in SCADA the entire process is controlled as required. At the automated power plant, the boiler is controlled by Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) to put in action the required processes to be carried out at the boiler. Thus the entire cycle is carried out as a paper and at various stages each phase is detailed out. This paper has proved to be very efficient practically as the need for automation grows day by day.

Exoskeleton:

            Hand wounds are a typical outcome of accidents. In specific cases, there are lasting disabilities and to fix such impedances surgeries are the main choice. After a surgery, it is essential to perform rehabilitation for the hand to recapture its lost dexterity. Currently, a large portion of the rehabilitation is done physically as physiotherapy. High individual cost and absence of inspiration to perform such activities at home present an issue this gets the need of an employed Physiotherapist. Certain mechanical apparatus help Physiotherapists to play out the treatment. Here is where the Robotic Hand Exoskeleton has its impact as it eliminates the need of a Physiotherapist for treatment. The Exo-Hand being versatile it can be worn on all circumstances thereby impressively decreasing the time for rehabilitation. The Exo-Hand can be additionally used to increase the functionality of the hand undergoing recovery. Hand wounds are a typical outcome of accidents. In specific cases, there are lasting disabilities and to fix such impedances surgeries are the main choice. After a surgery, it is essential to perform rehabilitation for the hand to recapture its lost dexterity. Currently, a large portion of the rehabilitation is done physically as physiotherapy. High individual cost and absence of inspiration to perform such activities at home present an issue this gets the need of an employed Physiotherapist. Certain mechanical apparatus help Physiotherapists to play out the treatment. Here is where the Robotic Hand Exoskeleton has its impact as it eliminates the need of a Physiotherapist for treatment. The Exo-Hand being versatile it can be worn on all circumstances thereby impressively decreasing the time for rehabilitation.

Bio-Diesel:

            In order to solve the pollution caused by food waste, research was carried out to test the feasibility of biodiesel and ethanol production from food waste. With separation process, waste oil and rudimental solid component of food waste were obtained. Chemical synthesis was utilized for biodiesel production with oil and fermentation was chosen for ethanol production from solid parts. The result demonstrated that biodiesel produced from waste oil were mixed fatty acid methyl esters with the main components of Octadecenoic acid methyl ester, Octadecadienoic acid methyl ester and Hexadecanoic acid methyl ester. Since they were similar to the composition to those produced with other traditional raw biodiesel materials, it demonstrated that this was a possible way to utilize waste oil. Furthermore, the solid part of food waste could produce 44 g/L ethanol under 35°C for 3 days with yeast cultured. Ethanol and biodiesel production from food waste could to a large extent save the production cost as well as solve the pollution problem.

Fingerprint Vehicle Starter Project:

            Vehicle security is an important issue these days due to the rising number of vehicle thefts. Also, one more issue with vehicles is handling its keys. Keys need to be carried and misplacing keys or losing them will cause a serious issue. Here we propose a solution to this problem by using a fingerprint authenticated vehicle starter system. The system provides a secure and hassle-free way to start/stop vehicle engine. User just needs to scan finger to start the car, no need to carry any key. The system only allows authorized users to start the vehicle. Users can first register into the system by scanning fingerprints. The system allows multiple users to register as authorized users. When into monitoring mode, the system checks for users to scan. On scanning, the system checks if user is authorized user and starts vehicle for authorized users only. Here we use an at mega 32 microcontroller. The fingerprint sensor is connected to the microcontroller and also, we have an LCD display along with push buttons and starter motor. The motor is used to demonstrate as vehicle starter. This system automates as well as vehicle security using fingerprint-based system.

Hydraulics & Pneumatic Control in Roasting Machines:

            Seeds and Nuts Roaster Machine consists of a rotary drum which takes heat source from electric heater, coal, or gas burning system. It is utilized in snacks manufacturing industries for manufacturing roasted nuts, cashews, peanuts, & almonds. This machine is also ideal for making salt or spicy food. In order to control those machines, the Hydraulic or Pneumatic will be more useful to control the sequence of operations. This will Lead to an Automation of controlling in Roasting Machines.

Robotics & Automation - A Lower-Back Robotic Exoskeleton:

            A lower-back exoskeleton prototype designed to provide back support for industrial workers who manually handle heavy materials is presented in this article. Reducing spinal loads during these tasks can reduce the risk of work-related back injuries. Biomechanical studies show that compression of the lumbar spine is a key risk factor for musculoskeletal injuries. To address this issue, we present a wearable exoskeleton designed to provide back support and reduce lumbar spine compression. To provide effective assistance and avoid injury to muscles or tendons, we apply a continuous torque of approximately 35 Nm on both hip joints to actively assist both hip abduction/adduction (HAA) and hip flexion/extension (HFE). Each actuation unit includes a modular and a compact series-elastic actuator (SEA) with a clutch. The SEA provides mechanical compliance at the interface between the exoskeleton and the user, and the clutches can automatically disengage the torque between the exoskeleton and the user. These experimental results show that the exoskeleton can lower lumbar compression by reducing the need for muscular activity in the spine.

Rapid Prototyping - Development of composite materials:

            This paper is a study in enhancing the scope of application of Rapid Prototyping (RP) parts through deposition or plating of thin metallic foils. The RP technology that is chosen for this study is fused deposition modelling (FDM) and the RP material on which plating is carried out is the thermoplastic material known as ABS. Through electroless and electrolytic deposition of nickel layers over the ABS specimens, improvements with respect to strength and toughness are evaluated through experimental means. ABS test samples are coated with nickel layers of varying thickness (10 microns to 100 microns). Characterization tests such as tensile and flexural tests are conducted on test specimens in both un-coated and coated conditions. The important result of this project work is enabling the use of RP parts directly in the engineering applications related to aeronautical and automotive industries

Fabrication of paper recycling machine

A manually operated paper-recycling machine was designed and fabricated. This was done to enable waste paper conversion into useful product. The fabricated plant consists of six major component units that include the disc refiner, the hydropulper, the head box, the felt conveyor, the driers and the rollers.From the results of experimental analysis carried out on the study, it was discovered that for every 0.1kg of used paper fed into the refiner, about 7000ml of water is required to defibre it, and about 0.2 kg of starch adhesive is required. The calculated volume of the refiner, hydropulper and head box is 11795.62cm3, 62930.47cm3 and 60979.096cm3 respectively. The fabricated machine is capable of producing 7.6 kg of recycled paper from 10 kg of used paper.

Automatic Stamping Labeling Machine Using PLC

All product automation processes require labeling or stamping as a last step to brand the finished product. Different types of products require different types of labeling/stamping mechanisms. Here we demonstrate a complete stamping/labeling system that stamps the logo on a square product as it moves on a conveyor. The system consists of a conveyor belt driven by a motor. The conveyor is used to lead the product to the stamping base. Once the product reaches the stamping base, the stamping assembly is active which is a combination of 2 pneumatic pistons integrated with a stamp. The stamping assembly presses the stamp on an inkpad and then moves to stamp the ink label onto the product. After this the product is push on towards the second conveyor belt and separated out of the system into a tray. The system is powered by a PLC and integrated with proximity sensor to detect product. The PLC is used to detect product at each stage, move the product through the system by operating the conveyors accordingly, operate stamping mechanism and then move the product to the final tray.

Automatic Potato peeling and slicing machine

peeling variety of fruits or vegetable is a basic need of present era. Potato peeling processes face a numerous problems of time consuming and became inefficient during weekly breakdown maintenance. It is very important for food process industry as well as domestic point of view. Mechanization of processing operations will no doubt play a pivotal role in removing the negative attributes of the traditional processing techniques and promote timely large scale production with desired quality. This paper shows the chronological development of mechanical peeling and also highlights on new concept of potato peeler which would be the basic requirement under breakdown maintenance.

Hand Motion Controlled Robotic Vehicle

This system is very beneficial for disabled people as it allows movement of a robotic vehicle on the basis of hand movements. The person just has to move his hand in order to move the vehicle in forward, backward, left or right direction. So the user does not have to press any buttons. The system includes a receiver circuit designed which will be mounted on a top of a glove which the user has to wear. The circuit on the vehicle includes RF receiver, 8051 microcontroller and Driver IC to operate the motors. The receiver circuit that is on the top of a glove includes atmega family microcontroller interfaced to the accelerometer. The commands that are detected by the IC on this circuit are sent to the RF transmitter which then forwards the commands to the RF receiver. The RF receiver then sends the commands to 8051 microcontroller which processes the commands so that the vehicle moves in the specified direction.

Coin Based Water Dispenser System

Here we put forward a fully automated coin based water dispenser system using microcontroller and sensor. The system is capable of fully automated water/cola dispensing using motors and sensors. The system also senses if glass is placed at the counter to avoid water spoilage if there is no glass placed at the counter panel. The system uses IR sensors to detect presence of glass and then the sensors send a signal to the microcontroller. The microcontroller now processes the information sent by the sensors to determine if glass is present. The system also has a coin detector that is used to sense particular coins and send information to microcontroller about valid coins. On detecting a valid coin the system now sends a signal to the controller who checks if glass is present and then it starts the motor to pour water in glass using motor as long the glass is present. If glass is removed during the process, system stops the water supply until glass is encountered. Thus we here put forward a smart water dispenser system with water saving feature.

Fully Automated Solar Grass Cutter

The fully automated solar grass cutter is a fully automated grass cutting robotic vehicle powered by solar energy that also avoids obstacles and is capable of fully automated grass cutting without the need of any human interaction. The system uses 6V batteries to power the vehicle movement motors as well as the grass cutter motor. We also use a solar panel to charge the battery so that there is no need of charging it externally. The grass cutter and vehicle motors are interfaced to an 8051 family microcontroller that controls the working of all the motors. It is also interfaced to an ultrasonic sensor for object detection. The microcontroller moves the vehicle motors in forward direction in case no obstacle is detected. On obstacle detection the ultrasonic sensor monitors it and the microcontroller thus stops the grass cuter motor to avoid any damage to the object/human/animal whatever it is. Microcontroller then turns the robotic as long as it gets clear of the object and then moves the grass cutter in forward direction again.

Commercial Remote-Controlled Spike Box/Extension cords

A remote switching system in which operation of a load is controlled by signals generated at a remote location and transmitted along an existing AC power line. The system includes a signal transmitter which can be plugged into an AC line socket, and which can operate to place a transient control signal on the AC power line. The system also includes a receiver which is connectable in series with a load to be remotely controlled, and which closes a switching circuit between the AC power line and the load when a switching signal on the power line is detected. The control signals are imposed on the AC line voltage by the transmitter only during an early time in a half-cycle of the power line voltage, before noise transient signals generally appear on the half-cycle, and the receiver is sensitive to control signals only during a corresponding portion of each half-cycle, thereby greatly reducing susceptibility of the switching system to noise on the power line. The receiver is sufficiently compact to fit within a switch box used in conventional household wiring, so that the receiver switch circuit can be connected in parallel with an existing load switch for alternative operation of the load from a remote location. The receiver is constructed to provide a heat transmission path from the internal receiver circuit components which produce heat during operation, to the external load switch and switch box surfaces, from which the heat can be dissipated into the ambient environment.

Human-Following Robot

The robots that will be needed in the near future are human-friendly robots that are able to coexist with humans and support humans effectively. To realize this, humans and robots need to be in close proximity to each other as much as possible. Moreover, it is necessary for their interactions to occur naturally. It is desirable for a robot to carry out human following, as one of the human-affinitive movements. The human-following robot requires several techniques: the recognition of the target human, the recognition of the environment around the robot, and the control strategy for following a human stably. In this research, an intelligent environment is used in order to achieve these goals. An intelligent environment is a space in which many sensors and intelligent devices are distributed. Mobile robots exist in this space as physical agents providing humans with services. A mobile robot is controlled to follow a walking human using distributed intelligent sensors as stably and precisely as possible. The control law based on the virtual spring model is proposed to mitigate the difference of movement between the human and the mobile robot. The proposed control law is applied to the intelligent environment and its performance is verified by the computer simulation and the experiment.

IoT based Home Automation

The purpose of this project is to monitoring and controlling electrical devices in home remotely using Wi-Fi and get the status alert through SMS by using GSM modem whenever Required. The GSM modem provides the communication mechanism between the user and the microcontroller system by means of SMS.

User can monitor the status and also control multiple electrical devices by sending suitably formatted SMS to the microcontroller based control system. These SMS commands are interpreted by microcontroller system and are validated. If the SMS command received is valid that means if password is matched then it takes the necessary action on the said devices and also it always monitors the home, if any one crosses the fencing then alerts will be sent to owners mobile in the form of SMS.

Sentry Gun – Autonomous Aim & Fire Gun

This paper presents a new gun-toting sentry robot. The robot uses a low light camera and pattern recognition software to distinguish humans from animals or other objects and, if necessary, can fire its built-in machine gun. By deploying the robots, the government may be able to significantly reduce the mandatory two years of military service that all young men now serving

Retrofitting of Bicycle (e-Cycle)

An add-on kit comprising a ring of magnets (easy to install) is installed onto a wheel of bike or car. An arrangement of electromagnets and inductors (detectors) is installed onto the fork of a bike or suspension of car in the proximity of the ring. By turning the electromagnets on and off and controlling the on-time and the field strength, a force that assists the wheel in rotating is produced. With the electromagnets turned-off, the moving ring of permanent magnets also provides for regenerative braking. With the bicycle mounted on an elevated stand, and the controlled timing of the electromagnets programmed to induce a force in the backwards direction, a user can use his bike as an exercise machine, gaming/training apparatus, or just to recharge the batteries.

Intelligent Walking Stick

A portable safety mechanism housed in a cane, a walking stick or a belt-carried housing. In each of such embodiments, the portable safety mechanism includes a processor, a transmitter, a receiver, and an outside image sensor or scanner, a warning device such as an audible warning device or warning light. The scanner may, for example, sense the shape of a traffic signal or the color of a traffic signal.

Automatic Workpiece Centering Mechanism for four jaw chuck lathe

An automated centering mechanism has been developed to enable axisymmetric turning process. The system has two perpendicular two-degree of freedom motion planes and is mounted on a precision spindle. This provides a total of flve-degrees of freedom, allowing for position and angle control in the perpendicular planes, as well as rotation about the spindle' s  axis. A closed Loop centering controller has been implemented and feedback is provided via high precision machine vision system.

Drinking Water leakage in transfer pipes monitoring system

Water leakage in drinking water distribution systems is a serious problem for many cities and a huge challenge for water utilities. An integrated system for the detection, early warning, and control of pipeline leakage has been developed and successfully used to manage the pipeline networks by means of using smart monitoring and control system.

Autonomous Street Power management system

The  control   of  street lightning  system  and  thereby  saving  electricity  which  is  a  major  concern  worldwide.  It also describes the use of wireless sensor networks using GSM for streetlight monitoring and control. This system would    provide    a    remote    access    for    streetlight maintenance and control.  It  also  discusses  an  intelligent  system that takes automatic decisions for luminous control (ON/OFF/DIMMING)  considering  surrounding  light  intensity and  time  of  the  day  both  at  the  same  moment. The  system  also senses  various  parameters  like  surrounding  temperature,  fog, carbon  emissions,  and  noise  intensities  and  suggests  corrective measures.  Power theft control is also integrated in the same system.  The  efficiency  of  the  system  is  designed  such  that  it  can be readily installed in present on road conditions with extra cost of only a single controlling computer. The system is compatible to solar cell installation.

Collision Alert and Avoidance System for Industrial forklift

The Collision Avoidance System (CAS) by Claitec cautions forklift drivers of the presence of another truck within distances between 3-25 metres. The CAS features a highly advanced proximity detection system that keeps track of all movement on the floor. The collision avoidance system can also be used for Pedestrian detection at distances of up to 6.5m front and back, and up to 4m on each side. A light and/or buzzer is triggered when another forklift is detected, alerting the driver to potential hazards in the area. Pedestrian detection is also possible, making the crash avoidance system a valuable piece of safety equipment. Industrial workspaces are full of hazards, but by installing an accident avoidance system you can leverage the power of technology and reduce the risk of accident and injury.

Vehicles Emission Absorbing System at High Traffic zones

Transport regulation at local level for the abatement of air pollution has gained significant traction in high traffic zones. Pollutants emitted from vehicles – such as NOx, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), black carbon (BC) and other traffic-related particulate matter (PM) – have increased over the last decades. This can be avoided by placing a pollutant absorbing and processing mechanism to avoid the contamination of pollutants in atmospheric air.

Autonomous Scrap Collecting Machine

The scrap collecting machine is used for making scrap out of any place, which collects the whole scrap into a place and uses a magnet into this machine so that the magnet attracts the iron scrap from any position. The scrap of iron is then guided by the conveyor belt and then to a storage container so we can recycle the iron scraps. It allow the materials to fall on the floor and the machine from which they would be brushed upon the floor. At some later period these materials would be swept up and disposed of as sweepings.