Office assistant bot (E-peon)
Channel: Prathamesh Kadam
Date: 2020-05-25

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In a college, along with the major job of teaching and handling the students’ academics, many trivial tasks are done by the Professors themselves, for example, getting photocopies of essential documents, delivering records and possessions to some other professors, getting signatures etc. Though these jobs seem to be trifling, they are significantly substantial and time-consuming when they are actually ought to be done. Giving this point a considerate thought, we came up with the idea of an Office Assistant Robot.
The robot, in essence, will serve as an E-peon. It will navigate through the different locations within an indoor environment "autonomously" and execute the above discussed tasks according to the commands of the Professor. The summoning signal for the robot will be given via a software application.
In our project we have used LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for autonomous mapping. It is a remote sensing technology used for measuring distances and hence to make high-resolution maps. To deliver the parcel in a secured manner, we have implemented Solenoids for lock mechanism. To indicate the position, direction and speed of motion, we have used Encoder motors. The software application to control the robot has been designed using B4A application. Two apps have been designed – one will be installed in the user’s phone, and the other will be installed in the phone on the robot body. The software could be referred to, metaphorically, as the ‘brain’, LIDAR as its ‘eye’, and hardware as its ‘body’.
The working of this robot will be as follows:
The bot will be first triggered by the summoning signal via the app
Upon its arrival, the material to be delivered will be kept in the compartment and this compartment will be locked using the app
The robot will be instructed with the destination/target location coordinates and the robot will traverse to this location.
At the destination, the receiver will input the necessary password through the app which will be displayed on the robot body. The compartment will be unlocked and the robot will wait for further instructions.
The further instruction may consist of returning to default position (origin) or    returning to the 1st instructor.
Applications:
Autonomous robots are particularly desirable in fields such as spaceflight, household maintenance (such as cleaning), waste water treatment, and delivering goods and services.  Apart from being greatly used in administrative buildings, its major indoor applications include the one for bed-ridden patients. Such patients will get benefitted greatly by this application.