Binangonan Catholic College RESEARCH PAPER

Binangonan, Rizal Senior High School

S.Y. 2019-2021 Research in Daily Life 1&2

INTRODUCTION

Cleaning has always been a part of our daily life, and it's always been a hassle and time consuming.

But as we grew older, we become more and more busy, and cleaning is no longer our priority. With

the help of advancements in technology, robot technology has slowly overtaken manual work. This

robot appliance has been giving people convenience and creates more time for them to do their other

work. However, this type of robot is not yet well known. And so the researchers decided to create a

project entitled "Arduino the Cleaning Robot" to clean effectively without wasting time and effort.

Arduino is an open-source platform used for building electronics projects. It consists of two basic

parts, a programmable circuit board (which is the brain of this robot) and a piece of software, or an

IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that operates on your device and is used to compose and

transfer computer codes which is then programmed to the physical machine.

The Arduino platform has become quite popular among people who are starting with electronics, and

for good reason. Unlike most previous programmable circuit boards, Arduino does not need a special

piece of hardware (called a programmer) to load new code onto the board, you may simply use a

USB cable. In addition, the Arduino IDE also uses a simplified version of C++ which makes it easier

for newbies to learn programming. Ultimately, Arduino provides a standard form factor that breaks

down micro-controller functions into a more accessible device.

The Arduino hardware and software were designed for artists, designers, hobbyists, hackers,

newbies, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino can

communicate with keys, Lights, engines, microphones, GPS systems, internet cameras and even

your mobile or TV! This flexibility along with the free use of an Arduino program, the hardware boards
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are pretty cheap, and both the software and hardware are easy to learn and has led to a large

community of users who have contributed code and released instructions for a huge variety of

Arduino-based projects. Custom boards are pretty cheap, and easy-to-learn software and hardware

has led to a growing community of users who submitted code and provided guidance for a wide

variety of Arduino-based projects.

There are different types of Arduino boards, one of them is the LilyPad Arduino Board. This Arduino

comprises I/O, power, and also sensor boards which are built especially for e-textiles. These are even

washable! The other is RedBoard Arduino Board; you can control this over a USB cable using the

barrel jack. The ArduinoMega is similar to UNO’s big brother. It includes lots of digital I/O pins (from

that, 14-pins can be used as PWM o/ps), 6-analog inputs, a reset button, a power jack, a USB

connection and a reset button. It includes everything required to hold up the microcontroller. Arduino

Uno (R3) which what we are using includes, everything needed to hold up the microcontroller; attach

it to a PC with the help of a USB cable and give the supply power to get started with an AC-to-DC

adapter or battery.

To make this cleaning robot work you will need a software called the Arduino IDE, it is an open source

software that is mainly used for writing and compiling the code into the Arduino Module and is written

in functions from C and C++. In short, it is where you primarily put in the codes to make the Arduino

work. There are different type of codes depending on the prototype you are working, the code you

take from the internet should be specific to your Arduino project so that it follows the code and runs

properly, if one small mistake is made in programming then It will not function as you want it to be.
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The problem in our society today is that they are lazy specifically in doing house chores, luckily

technologies were introduced, with this type of device, people won’t need to worry about

procrastinating or making effort on doing house chores because this cleaning robot will easily do it for

them.

Objectives of the study

Today's cleaning robots are very advanced and can reach every corner of the home for cleaning

without human assistance. Some other features are laser-guided navigation, computer vision and

many more. And in this cleaning robot, we are adding other parts that will surely make this particular

cleaning robot more effective. The researchers aim to answer the following questions:

1. With the technology itself always advancing, can these robots clean anything other than floors?

2.Is it worth spending more for the extra functionality it can provide?

3. Is there any difference between this Arduino Cleaning robot and the standard cleaning robots you

see at stores?

Statement of the problem

This research aims to know if cleaning robots can clean anything other than floors, with the

technology keeps on advancing they're might be a chance that cleaning robots can clear our house

entirely. Also, cleaning robots these days have different extra functionalities, but it's much expensive

than the ordinary cleaning robots out there. Technology nowadays can help us in various ways,

especially expensive ones, because they are more advance. But still, some people prefer the ordinary

ones because it is much cheaper.

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Hypothesis

This study will take the form of an alternative hypothesis; In which, there is a significant difference

between an ordinary cleaning robot and Arduino cleaning robot.

Regular cleaning robots are handy, especially if you are very busy or in a rush to finish your works.

Cleaning robots is worth bearing in mind the time-saving potential that it can bring to your life. And in

Arduino Cleaning Robot, it has extra parts that makes it more advanced than the other cleaning

robots. It will clean your house at ease while protecting it at the process.

Scope and limitation

The scope of the study is to lessen the effort of a person when it comes to cleaning, this

machine is a vacuum-like. The battery only uses 5v of electricity but is only limited to one hour

due to the capacity of the battery. Also, its study is to design a Security system with SMS

verification that detected from intruders, trespassers, criminals or any form of criminal act.

Unfortunately, only the authorized personnel can activate the system and the battery life only

last an hour.

Significance of the study

To the Parents, it will give them more time to take care of their children because they don't

worry about cleaning. This cleaning robot is fully automated, and it can lessen the things that

needed to be cleaned in your house. It's rechargeable, and because of the continual

technology advancing, we can put a long-lasting battery so that the cleaning robot can work for

much longer. Instead of using their time to clean the house, they can now take care of their

children much longer.

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To the Government, it will give them better insight for what to do to the future of technology,

and this technology can provide them with an idea for a much better invention like a robot

which is not just for cleaning floors but for cleaning the whole house. Some people still don't

believe that this is possible, but because of the technology gradually advancing, there's a

chance that this might happen in the future. This research can show how far the technology

has gotten through the years.

To the community, especially those whose job is to clean, this technology can help them in two

ways. One of them is lessening their time spent on cleaning because they can use this thing to

help them in doing their job. The other is efficiency, with this thing you do not have to waste

time, effort and energy to clean, you need to turn it on and let it do the job for you.

Conceptual Framework

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Ideas
Ideas
Planning
Planning Motion
Motion
Data Designing
Designing Sensor
Sensor
DataGathering
Gathering
Programming
Programming Security
Security
Tools Testing
Testing System
System
Toolsand
and
materials Evaluation
Evaluation GSM
GSMShield
Shield
materials
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This conceptual Framework is referenced from:

(https://www.scribd.com/document/362970863/Chapter-1-for-Thesis-Arduino-Final-docx)

In this stage, we will show how our research will be done. There were three necessary procedures

taken into consideration, including the Input, Process and, Output. These three show the sequence to

follow that we needed to do until we're done developing our study. First, in the input box, we start by

generating ideas, we discuss a lot of things, and we came up with a robot that can clean and secure

properties. After that, we gather insights about the said topic. The second phase is the Process or

how our research project will work. We started by Planning on how were going to do the project. After

that, we created a prototype of the robot. Later on, we will program the robot correctly to make sure

that it will do what tasked to. After programming, we will test the robot if it follows the given code

which includes programming and encoding. Lastly, testing and evaluation of the results will be

conducted.

Definition of terms

The definition of terms in this study will take the form of an operational definition:

Arduino. Is a hardware and software company, projects and user community that designs and

manufactures computer open source-hardware and open source-software, and microcontroller-

based kits for building digital devices and interactive objects that can sense and control

physical devices.

Global Systems for Mobile (GSM). A digital cellular phone technology. This was used in research to

be the signal converter of sensor data to SMS signals.

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Micro-controller. A compact microcomputer designed to govern the operation of embedded systems

in motor vehicles, robots, office machines, complex medical devices, mobile radio transceivers,

vending machines, home appliances and various device. In this study it was the central control

ofthe sensor device the system.

Motion Sensor. A device that is sensitive to the movement especially used for security reasons and

navigation aid. It was the sensor device of the study.

Short Message Service (SMS) Technology. is used to send and received text to mobile phones

using Global systems for mobile (GSM). In the study it is the connection technology between

the sensory device and mobile device used in system development.