MICRO COMPUTER BASED ROBOT

ABSTRACT
This article presents a microcomputer-based robot dynamic sensing system by the use of the linear scanning approach for object recognition and manipulation. In this research, a 512 × 1 solid-state photodiode linear array sensor is used for dynamic scanning the object to be identified. An experimental prototype is built, which consists of a fully opened parallel jaw gripper and a 360d̀ turnable pedestal located between the jaws of the gripper. The sensor with the lens is mounted near the horizontal edge of one side of the gripper, and the illumination source is located directly on the other finger. The object to be identified is placed on the turnable pedestal. The simulated robot gripper can move vertically and the object will be scanned providing a two-dimensional image of the object. The object can be scanned in different views by adjusting the angle of the turnable pedestal. All the binary images which result are further analyzed for recognition and manipulation purposes. A Compaq microcomputer based on the Intel 8088 microprocessor is used as the host. A special interface between scanned video output, CPU, and video RAM memory is built and successfully tested
TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE CERTIFICATION APPROVAL DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE 1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 1.2PURPOSE OF STUDY 1.3AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.4SCOPE/DELIMITATIONS 1.5LIMITATIONS/CONSTRAINTS 1.6DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO 2.0LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER THREE 3.0METHODS FOR FACT FINDING AND DETAILED DISCUSSIONS OF THE SYSTEM 3.1 METHODOLOGIES FOR FACT-FINDING  3.2DISCUSSIONS
CHAPTER FOUR 4.0FUTURES, IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES OF THE SYSTEM  4.1FUTURES  4.2IMPLICATIONS 4.3CHALLENGES
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0RECOMMENDATIONS, SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 5.1RECOMMENDATION 5.2SUMMARY 5.3CONCLUSION 5.4REFERENCES