Overview
This work is a Senior Design Project California State Polytechnic University Pomona, developing a controllable fire extinguishing ground vehicle using a Raspberry Pi.
Team Members:
- Josephine Gabuya: Electrical and Computer Engineering department, College of Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- David Ramirez: Electrical and Computer Engineering department, College of Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- David Solorzano: Electrical and Computer Engineering department, College of Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Supervising Professor:
- Mohamed El-Hadedy: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering department, College of Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- Anas Salah Eddin: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering department, College of Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Collaborators:
1. Wen-Mei Hwu: Director of Center for Cognitive Computing Systems Research and Walter J. Sanders III-AMD Endowed Chair Professor in Elecrical and Computer Engineering at UIUC
2. Jinjun Xiong: Director of Center for Cognitive Computing Systems Research and Adjunct Research Professor at UIUC
Implementation
As seen in Figure 1 the finished product was compact and splash-proof with the only elements exposed being the camera,the fire sensor and the water reservoir with its respective components.
Figure 1: Fire extingushing ground vehicle.
Figure 2 depicts the hardware architecture of the project.
Figure 2: Ground vehicle hardware architecture.
Current project state and future plans The current state of the project is a working controllable vehicle that automatically sprays water upon fire detection. Plans for expansion include but are not limited to: the implementation of image processing software on the board to replace flame sensors, integrate the ability to control the motors using PWM, and ultimately, making the ground vehicle fully autonomous.
Figure 3: CPU utilization.
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