Volume 9, Issue 1, September 2014, Pages 150–155
Osahor Uche1, Oluwaseun Oyedele2, and Dani Ishaya3
1 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
2 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
3 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Original language: English
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A practical and simplified approach is applied to the implementation of an Autonomous Robotic Metal Detector (ARMED). The literature gives detailed information of the basic concepts and design strategies used to design the metal detector. The Robot is controlled by a microcontroller. Infra-red sensors detect the presence of objects and the microcontroller activates the required search algorithm to detect the metallic property of the metal sensed. The metal detector makes use of a Colpitts Oscillator design to detect metals.
Author Keywords: Colpitts Oscillator, Microcontroller, Metal Detector, Algorithm, Obstacle Avoidance.
Osahor Uche1, Oluwaseun Oyedele2, and Dani Ishaya3
1 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
2 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
3 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
A practical and simplified approach is applied to the implementation of an Autonomous Robotic Metal Detector (ARMED). The literature gives detailed information of the basic concepts and design strategies used to design the metal detector. The Robot is controlled by a microcontroller. Infra-red sensors detect the presence of objects and the microcontroller activates the required search algorithm to detect the metallic property of the metal sensed. The metal detector makes use of a Colpitts Oscillator design to detect metals.
Author Keywords: Colpitts Oscillator, Microcontroller, Metal Detector, Algorithm, Obstacle Avoidance.
How to Cite this Article
Osahor Uche, Oluwaseun Oyedele, and Dani Ishaya, “Autonomous Navigation of a Robotic Metal Detector,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 150–155, September 2014.
