Bubble Bot Trip Hazard Detection System
Team Members Heading link
- Hanan Abdulkareem
- Stella Gombosuren
- Schwab Ho
- Isiah Senephimmachac
Project Description Heading link
Approximately 36 million older adults fall each year and some of these falls are fatal. Bubble Health Inc. is designing a companion health robot, however, one problem that they ran into was finding out how to detect a folded carpet under the robot’s wheels which would create a trip hazard. After much thought, a final design that consists of two pairs of infrared laser beam sensors were selected. These lasers were positioned in an “X” shape under the robot to cover the most area. If the beams are broken, the robot will know that there is an object blocking its lasers, therefore creating a tripping hazard. This detection system will work in tandem with the exterior sensors of the robot to prevent false positives. This design was chosen because of its effectiveness in detecting objects and because it is an inexpensive option.