Arduino Based Automatic Human Seeker Robot for Disaster Management

Abstract

The occurrence of natural calamities leading to the missing of human is a prominent barrier for effective rescue operations. The history of rescue operations in recent years has reported the lack of effective scheme for identification of people in danger. This paper deals with the development of an Arduino based rescue robot for detection of people trapped in land or water areas affected by natural calamities serving the additional purpose of transporting emergency food and medical aids to the people. The proposed system incorporates PIR sensors, Ultrasonic sensors to detect the presence of living beings. Also a Gas sensor is incorporated to detect the presence of poisonous gases in the area to aid the rescue operations. A moving mechanism equipped with a float sensor is integrated to make the robot capable of translation of its travel from land to water. A control system for movement of robot in all directions by android application is integrated into the system and a live streaming facility is included for assessing the status of the living being to be rescued. The designed system offers additional aid in the assessment of the presence and status of living bodies in an effective manner with reduced effort by using android application.