Open AccessDesign and implementation of automatic painting mobile robot
Author(s) -
Amgad Muneer,
Zhan Dairabayev
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of robotics and automation (ijra)/iaes international journal of robotics and automation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-2586
pISSN - 2089-4856
DOI - 10.11591/ijra.v10i1.pp68-74
Subject(s) - ultrasonic sensor , robot , painting , automotive industry , mobile robot , mechanism (biology) , automation , process (computing) , engineering , dc motor , automotive engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , simulation , artificial intelligence , acoustics , electrical engineering , art , philosophy , physics , epistemology , visual arts , aerospace engineering , operating system
Wall painting is a repetitive, stressful, and hazardous process that makes it an ideal automation case. In the automotive industry, painting had been automated but not yet for the construction industry. However, there is a strong need for a mobile robot that can move to paint residential interior walls. In this study, we aim to design and implement an automatic painting mobile robot. The conceptual design of the proposed wall painting robot consisting paint mechanism with a spray gun and ultrasonic sensor. The spray gun is attached to a pulley mechanism that has linear motion. The ultrasonic sensor is used to detect the spray gun when it reached a certain limit. The DC motor rotates clockwise and counterclockwise based on the ultrasonic sensor condition made. The experimental results indicate that the robot was able to paint the walls smoothly vertically, and horizontally. The spraying gun structure's speed is at a tolerable speed of 0.07 m/s, which could be increased, but to provide high-quality painting without any gaps, the current speed was selected as the most suitable, without any harm to the working process.