TKFR2 is a Multifunction Robot that the developers used to stand for the first
letters of the members of the group and their supervisor. The main goal of this project is
to design and implement a prototype robot that can provide people with assistance,
information and sense of security. The robot has a face with eyes and mouth that lights
up while communicating with the user. It has a nose that displays a color coded
meaning. It has different sensors to sense the temperature, humidity, fire and obstacle. It
uses Bluetooth technology to connect to a smart mobile phone, be controlled in three
different ways – by infrared, by a mobile phone application and by giving it voice
commands, and move around with its robot car part. It can answer some questions and
instructions and is interactive because it can speak with its user using voice commands
designed by the developers. It can move around in forward, backward, right and left
directions depending on the issued command by remote control, mobile phone
application or voice command. It can be asked to play or stop music, detect an intruder
through its motion detector, and display some messages in its LCD display.
TKFR2 robot has different electronic parts made to intelligently work together to
do all of the above-mentioned functions. Arduino boards (Mega and Uno), 1Sheeld
board and a smart mobile phone were used to make these electronic parts provide what
the developers intended it to do.
The programs used to make all of the electronic parts smart were done using the
Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software. The mobile phone
application used in controlling the robot car was developed using the App Inventor .
Overall, the group achieved their goal of acquiring a lot of knowledge that will
benefit them when they graduate from this College.