Abstract:
Formorethanadecadenowroboticsineducationhasgainedalotofattentionfromteachers, researchers,politicians,authoritiesandotherstakeholders. Duringtheyearsagreatnumber of methodologies, courses, projects, initiatives and competitions had been developed. The useofproductsfromthemarketmakesbuildingrobotspossibleataverylow-costawakening the engineering nature of students and researchers. In this paper we present a low cost mobilerobotwhichusesanormalandroidphonetoguideitself. Thelowcostrobotinvolves the use of one or more cameras to transmit visual data. Motors are from battery operated. The goal for this work is to build a large set of these robots, lend them to the engineering students.
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We are thankful to Almighty Allah 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’, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh and our co-supervisor Fahim Hasan Khan, Assistant Professor,MilitaryInstituteofScience&Technology,Dhaka,Bangladeshfortheirconstant supervision, affectionate guidance and great encouragement and motivation. Their keen interestonthetopicandvaluableadvicesthroughoutthestudywasofgreathelpincompleting 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.
