Robotic Arm for Trash Collecting and Separating Robot

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume V, Issue IV, April 2018 | ISSN 2321–2705

Robotic Arm for Trash Collecting and Separating Robot

Sumaiya Sultana RA, Soundarya P, Soumya RK, Niveditha, Prof. Santhosh S

Dept. of Electronics and Communication, Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

Abstract: The rising population of India poses serious threats with regard to the availability of living space, utilization of natural resources and raw materials, education and employment. The serious peril that follows is the escalating amount of waste generated each minute by an individual. Developing a mechanized system to help save the lives of many and making the world a cleaner and a greener place is the noble objective of the project.

A proposed system where the collection of some database of garbage images where it is necessary to train those images and to get some features of all the images and then by using the Pi-camera real time images are captured and then it should detect the features of that particular image whether it is a garbage image or not, if yes then it will checks for the segregation either dry or wet waste by using kNN algorithm. If there is no garbage on the road then raspberry pi will inform the robot to move forward, if there is any waste present on the road then accordingly to the segregated it will pick and place the garbage in specific direction. That is if it finds out the waste is dry, then the dry waste will be placed on right side else wet waste is placed on left side.

Keywords: Raspberry Pi, Robotic arm, Pi camera, kNN algorithm.

I. INTRODUCTION

The digitalized future, it is directly proportional to increase in urbanization and industrialization. This is the main cause of generation of large amount of waste. And in today’s sophisticated world; robots and autonomous machines are an integral part of daily routine. They help in completing daily chores for human beings; especially for physically challenged and aged people of the society. These robots are also critical in many industries as they reduce life casualties and financial degradation while performing risky and critical operations. The population in India has crossed 1.5 billion, so is the development of the nation with the urbanization, utilization of raw materials, employment. The problem aroused is the escalating of the waste by each individual is not possible. In such cases developing a Robotic system would be helpful to keep the environment clean and tidy. A proposed system of an automatic waste segregator is introduced, that aims at segregating the waste at the disposal level itself. It is designed to sort the waste into 2 major categories, namely wet and dry, thereby making waste management more effective.

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