A novel multi purpose robotic dispenser with Database Management system

Abstract

This paper presents the working of a multipurpose robotic dispenser with "medicine dispensing application". The focus of the project is to build an economic, easily deployable, mobile medicine dispenser with Database Management system. Mobility in the dispenser is inherited from line-follower mechanism. The robot is built around a microcontroller which takes input from a computer (serially) and moves the robot to desired location and manages dispensing mechanism. The dispenser mounted on the robot is self-manufactured with the help of DC motors, which substantially reduces the cost of overall system, to deliver the desired medicine. The purpose of the project is to dispense three different medicines to three different patients as seem obvious with three circular discs mounted on top. In order to deliver medicine to three different locations, mobility in the project is introduced and is accomplished through line follower which follows the path with its true ability. Three circular discs are controlled through DC motors. Its design is such that a single tablet is dropped implying one tablet in one revolution. The dispenser gets the command through serial port from a computer and satisfactorily dispenses the medicine to desired patient.