Surveillance and rescue robot using Android smartphone and the Internet

Abstract

This paper presents an economical yet effective robot using an Arduino microcontroller and Android Smartphone. Generally surveillance robots consists a high cost microcontroller, video camera, GPS (Global Positioning System) module, GSM (Global System for Mobile) module, audio systems and a costly and complicated communication system. Modern Smartphones are built with the hardware that satisfy all the above requirements. The adoption of a Smartphone greatly reduces the cost of building a typical surveillance and rescue robot. The robot can be controlled remotely using Internet from a laptop or tablet. The live video feedback is obtained from the camera of Smartphone. Data from the sensors of a Smart phone such as geographic location, acceleration, etc is sent by the Smartphone to the user. The Robot is equipped with robotic arm and various critical sensors and detectors. Features such as obstacle avoidance and solar power gives robot the freedom to explore and rescue in all type of environment.