A rover designed for rescue missions during an industrial hazard. The rover is equipped with carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, butane, ammonia, and chlorine sensors to monitor the air quaity in real time. Real-Time monitoring is done using a web based interface made using html, css and javascript. The rover puncture less tyres, specially build aluminium chassis and 5 DOF heavy duty robotic arm which can lift up to 40kg using its grippers. The robotic arm is fitted with thermal cameras which can detect the presence of human bodies present in the scene. This is of grat help if the environment in which it is rovering on is filled with dust particles of gases which blur the vision of normal cameras.
The onboard processing unit consists of Raspberry pi running ubuntu OS and Atmega 2560 MCU for data processing. ROS is used for the telemetry contol of the rover as well as the real-time transmission of sensor data. The rover is connected to the user using 5.8 GHz Radio link which has a maximun range of 2 km with low latency communication. IR camera is used for navigation from control station along with an array of ultrasonic sensors which assists the driver to avoid the obstacles that is not visible in the camera. Rover is powered using Lithium ion battery with maximun power output of 60Ah. The electonic systems are sealed inside a vaccum chamber to prevent fire incase of gas leakage. All precautions are taken to isolate the electonics components from the external environment to prevent accidents.