Design and Modelling of Autonomous Mobile Robot for Material Handling

Abstract

In the majority of the textile mills manual workers are used for locomotion from the process of Carding to Autoconer, the cottons are transported manually using trays and bins. To reduce the manual workers for transporting the processed cotton, a mobile robot is implemented in the textile mill. The main idea of this proposed work is to reduce manual human effort for transporting processed cotton between different process stages. The main objective of the project is to design and model an autonomous mobile robot for material handling in the textile industry. This reduces the workers for transportation of the cotton to the next process stage. These mobile robots are also used for warehouse goods movement. The workers who are manually transporting the processed cotton can be utilized in other fields. The mobile robot will be travelling by tracing the path of painted strips. Hence the production and efficiency of the mill increases significantly. Also, the workers are no longer required for transporting the processed cotton.