Thesis Archive
Navigation of Line Following Mobile Robotaided by RFID Technology Forindoor Warehouse Inventory Counting Systems (2012)
ESG-01-1112-02
Steven Howard C. Chan, Angela Cathleen K. Go, Michael Angelo L. Lacson and Charles Vincent M. Tingjuy, advised by Engr. Edwin Sybingco
Abstract:
-Local warehouse processes mostly still countinventories manually. This is an extremely inaccurate andtime consuming task. This thesis aims to create anautomated counting system for inventories in a warehousesetup. The goal is to be able to create a line followingrobot with the feature of multiple simultaneous inventorycounting utilizing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)technology.The system is composed of the robot navigationand RFID reading. The hardware for navigation utilizes aPIC16f77a microcontroller, infrared line sensors andproximity sensors. The RFID reading involves utilizationof Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID reader and passiveRFID tags placed in the warehouse inventories forproduct reading. UHF RFID technology was utilized forits multiple tag detection capabilitie which makescounting faster to execute.The system was deployed in a local electronicsdistribution warehouse. The performance of manualcounting and the created automated system will becompared. In the future, this study can serve as aprototype to aid businesses in migrating to automatedinventory processes.
Correspondence:
Engr. Edwin Sybingco
[email protected]