Abstract:
Machine vision is a powerful tool for process automation and control. This paper describes
the development of Robot System capable of capturing image through roof-mounted cameras
and by detecting that image the robot can make decision to navigate.
The image detection part is the machine vision part which was done in NI LabVIEW, a
graphical program development environment from National Instruments (NI). Basic theoretical
background on machine vision is presented at the begin-ning of this thesis; this is
followed by a description of the vision develop-ment module in LabVIEW, and a method to
communicate between a PLC and LabVIEW.
The communications network uses a combination of router and microcontrollers serial communication.
Router is used for the distance (d<1m), transmitting data between the robot
system and the PC.
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Description:
We are thankful to Almighty for his blessings for the successful completion of our thesis.
Our heartiest gratitude, profound indebtedness and deep respect go to our supervisor
Lieutenant Colonel MD. MAHBOOB KARIM,Instructor class ’A’ and Fahim Hasan
Khan,Assistant Professor,Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
for their constant supervision, affectionate guidance and great encouragement and motivation.
Their keen interest on the topic and valuable advices throughout the study was of great
help in completing thesis.
We are especially grateful to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
of Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) for providing their all out support
during the thesis work.
Finally, we would like to thank our families and our course mates for their appreciable
assistance, patience and suggestions during the course of our thesis.
