Project title: Infrared Sensor Based Line Following Toy Car Project Using Arduino
0. Aims and objectives In this project, you will build a robot that can autonomously follow a black line on a white Surface using infrared (IR) sensors. The robot will detect the contrast between the line and the background and make decisions on which direction to move to stay on the line.
1.Scenario:
The toy car will be designed to operate in a closed environment, such as a room or a hallway. A maze is created by means of black line and the toy car is expected to faithfully follow the line. This requires the autonomous car to continuously detect the colour on the floor and guide its tyres accordingly to follow (track) the black line by adjusting its left/right direction.
2. Description and Requirements
The main aim of this project is to design and build a toy car that can detect and follow a black line track using IR sensors and the Arduino board (Atmega328P microcontroller). The specific objectives of this project are:
1. To design and build a chassis for the toy car using materials such as cardboard, plastic, or "poom 2. To integrate IR sensors into the car's design and connect them to an Arduino microcontroller. 3. To program the Arduino microcontroller to detect the black line and continuously track it. 4. To test the toy car in a closed environment and optimize its performance.
Kinetics and Dynamics:
The kinetics of the toy car will involve the study of its motion and forces. The car will be designed to move forward, and turn left or right. The dynamics of the car will involve the Study of the forces that act on the car and the resulting motion. The car's speed, acceleration, and turning radius will all be factors in its dynamics.
Sensors and Actuators:
The toy car will use infrared or any other sensors to detect the black line against the rest of colours near it. These sensors will be connected to an Arduino microcontroller, which will control the car's actuators. The cars actuators will include motors to move the car forward and turn left or right.
Requirements:
The car should be able to operate in a closed environment such as a room or a hallway on any maze.
The following materials will be required for this project:
Arduino board (e.g., Arduino Uno) Motor driver module (e.g., L298N) IR line sensors (usually 3 or 5 sensor modules) Chassis for the robot DC motors and wheels Breadboard and jumper wires Power source (batteries or a power supply) Black tape (for creating the line) Arduino microcontroller DC Motors used as actuators to move the cart forward but also to turn it left or right. Chassis materials (cardboard, plastic, or wood) NB: You could buy a toy car and remove its electronics to modify it. Power source (battery or adapter): 6V DC (4 x 1.5 V AA battery cells connected in
A buzzer ringing 3 times at Hz every 3 seconds as long as the car is on the track and ringing faster 10 Hz) as the toy car goes out of the track.
In conclusion, this project will involve designing and building a toy car that can detect and follow a black line using IR sensors and an Arduino microcontroller. This project will require knowledge of kinetics, dynamics, sensors, and actuators, as well as the abillity to program an Arduino microcontroller.
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