An Android-based Mobile Security Robot

• Main Authors: Yu-Peng Lin, 林玉鵬
• Other Authors: Mu-Chun Su
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96747533508849370319

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 資訊工程學系碩士在職專班 === 100 === The Robotics research has been a popular but closed research topic in the past. Each research group focuses on its own customized functionalities and specifications. It is difficult for different research groups to share their research work. Additionally, the new technology always changes so quickly so engineers are forced to redesign and modify original modules which are still under development. Due to this unhealthy construction cycle, the progress of robotics development is not as fast as the progress of consumer’s appliances. With the development of mobile networks, smart phones have become essential necessities in daily life. In buses, rapid transit systems, parks, and even restaurants, one can see people using the mobile network to brows websites or play various application software. This pattern of behaviors has become one of the modern lifecycles. The evolution of this phenomenon rapidly changes people’s life styles. One may easily observe that the efficiency of smart phones and mobile network quickly get beyond previous limitations in technologies and has gradually met the expectations of the masses. This paper proposes an Android-based security monitoring robot platform and implement a security monitoring robot with Bluetooth units. The security monitoring robot can autonomously navigate in a certain environment and has the functionalities of face detection and exceptional sound detection. Under the HSDPA mobile network, users can tele-monitor and tele-control the robot. The whole platform offers a flexible and low-cost approach to implement a security monitoring robot system. In addition, it allows us to be able to quickly upgrade an Android module of the robot platform to avoid unnecessary technology development costs during a module upgrade period.