CO-ORDINATED

WAREHOUSE
ROBOTS
ADIL AFTAB 2016033
AHSAN MOTEN 2016054
HAMMAD MALIK 2016298
ABDULLAH KHAN 2016253

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

ADVISOR: DR. REHAN AHMED

CO-ADVISOR: DR. MEMOON SAJJAD
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 BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM STATEMENT

 WAREHOUSE – A CRITICLE HUB IN BUISSNESS

 TREND
• 90% of warehouses operations are either
completely or partially manual based

 DRAWBACKS
• Time consuming
• Large labour cost
• Safety and security
• Inefficiency

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 PROPOSED SOLUTION

 AUTONOMOUS WAREHOUSE
INVENTORY ROBOT – THE NEED OF
THE HOUR
 By 2020, it is estimated companies
worldwide will employ nearly
2.5 million robots.
 BENEFITS :
• Reduction in labor cost
• Tedious and time consuming tasks
automated by robots.
• Human resources redirected to more complex tasks.

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 LITERATURE REVIEW

We have read numerous research papers;

Related works include:
1. An RFID Warehouse Robot
2. LEGO Swarm Warehouse Robots
3. Amazon Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)

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 An RFID Warehouse Robot
• Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn,
Malaysia

 RFID Technology

 Servo motor for movement

 Line tracking

 Infra-red sensors
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 LEGO Swarm Warehouse Robots
• Masters Thesis project of a Software Engineer at Technical University of Denmark
(DTU)

 Swarm Robots

 Servo motor

 Color sensors

 Communication through
WIFI

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 Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
• Amazon.com, Inc. an American multinational technology company based in Seattle,
Washington

 Portable Robots

 Radio waves and lasers for

navigation

 Line tracking

 KIVA robotics

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 PROJECT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

• The main goal of our project is to build:

• Robotic system able to carry out complex mission specifications in
a warehouse given by the user.
• Navigate around obstacles and systematically coordinate with one
another.
• Enable robots to localize themselves and estimate the state and
dimensions of their highly dynamic environment.

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BASIC PRINCIPLE AND METHODOLOGY

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 ALGORITHMS

UCS Algorithm

Greedy Algorithm

A* Algorithm

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 FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED

 OPTIMIZATION
• Time
• Speed

 SAFETY
• Risky Testing

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 EQUIPMENT
REQUIREMENT AND
SELECTION

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 SELECTION OF MICROCONTROLLER

 Various options for microcontrollers are available

for a project of this caliber such as Arduino AT-
mega series, Dragon board, NI DAC, STM 32,
Raspberry Pi etc.

 The selection of the microcontroller depended

upon the number of interrupts of the machine, the
memory required to run the program, and specific
custom requirements for the project such as
compatibility with touchscreen LCD.

 Raspberry Pi fulfilled these requirements the most

in this case and hence, has been selected.

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 RASPBERRY PI
 A series of small single-board computers developed first in
the United Kingdom by Raspberry Pi Foundation [1].

 Early concepts were based on the Atmel Atmega644

microcontroller in 2006 [3]. Since then, it has aided in
development of various protypes and projects in numerous
fields, including laboratory automation.

 Preferred programming language is Python due to its

compatibility with Raspberry Pi, its line to line compilation,
file handling and data base.

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 Stepper Servo
Steps on Pulses Feedback System
MOTORS High Reported Accuracy on
Accuracy Encoder
Inexpensive Expensive

Easy Circuitry Complex Circuitry

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WAREHOUSE
PROTOTYPE

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 EQUIPMENT LIST (TENTATIVE)

Product Quantity
Warehouse prototype 1

Robots 3

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ 3

Motor 9

Sensors -

Power Supply 1

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 WE ARE A TEAM!

• Ahsan Moten
• Software Implementation
• Raspberry Pi
• Abdullah Khan
• Order placements + Budget planning
• Optimization
• Hammad Malik
• Optimization
• Programming
• Adil Aftab
• Hardware Implementation
• Robot body and Warehouse prototype design

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 COST ANALYSIS (TENTATIVE)

Equipment Quantity Total Price (Rs)

Warehouse prototype 1 10000

Robots 3 15000

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ 3 18000

Motors 9 22500

Sensors 3 -

Power Supply 1 3000

Total (estimate) - 70000

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TIMELINE (GANTT CHART)

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 THANK YOU
We a p p r e c i a t e y o u r p a t i e n c e ! 