Graduate Profiles 2012 - National University of Science and ...

NETWORK CONTROLLED EYEIn the present age man has explored most parts of the world. Geographical,topographical and environmental information is just a click away. However, there stillare certain areas where human existence is very difficult. These places cannot thereforebe humanly monitored all the time. Additionally, these areas may also pose danger toprecious human life. For many years now various groups and organizations have beenoffering different solutions. Many governments monitor such places using satellites.Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have also been used. However, these tools providelimited view and limited real time information of the area. Under these circumstances weneed a tool that provides us with monitoring capabilities and real time information ofsuch areas. The above mentioned project aims to develop a tool that will assist us inmonitoring places where human existence is not possible or feasible.In order to facilitate organizations belonging to various genres of work such as defense,wildlife, environmental and topographical data collection, the project aims to develop atele-operated unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) using a toy car. Due to its small size, theUGV will be able to monitor and provide real time information of the sites where mobilitydue to weather or some other constraints is limited. This information can bemanipulated according to the needs of the organization employing the UGV.The project aims to develop a network based unmanned grounded vehicle (UGV)equipped with camera(s) for viewing and controlling its movement. Additionally, a GPSis going to be mounted for location detection. The real time video and locationinformation collection will be based on the control data coming from the serverapplication.The client side (UGV) consists of a controller board (ARM 11) which is used to controlthe camera selection as well as the UGV movement (motor selection etc.), where theinput to the board is coming from the server end. It is interfaced with a microcontrollercircuit controlling the motors. The server side is an application which displays themovement of the UGV in form of a video as well as its location on a map. It alsoincludes a control system involving the movement control of the UGV as well as cameraselection.Syndicate Members: Sarah MahmoodAqsa MalikSupervisor:Engr Muhammad Asim Rasheed30