Development Of Industrial Automatic Multi Colour Sorting and Counting Machine Using Arduino Nano Microcontroller and TCS3200 Colour Sensor

Abstract

Sorting of the products in the industry is very difficult task and continuous manual sorting creates issues. It is very desirable to create a machine that identify the objects and relocate them if the object meets certain criteria. This paper presents a solution to sort the coloured objects with the help of the robotic arm. The objects when placed on the conveyor belt are sorted based on colour sensing and are relocated to specific location. When an object moves from one location to another on the conveyor belt, the sensors give the input to the microcontroller which then give the command to the robotic arm to do the task. TCS3200 colour sensor is used for detection of the colour of the object. DC motors are used to move the conveyor belt, gripper and the lifter. Arduino Nano microcontroller is used to give the commands. L293D motor driver is used to drive the motors and LCD display makes the system user friendly.