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Letter of Transmittal
7-1399 Highgate Road
Ottawa, Ontario, K2C2Y7
Professor Wael Ismaeil
School of Advanced Technology
Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus
1385 Woodroffe Ave.
Ottawa, ON K2G 1V8
17 April, 2015
Professor Wael,
Please find our final report for the Level-4 15W_ROB9210_030 project “Baggage
Transportation System” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Electro-
Mechanical Engineering Technician-Robotics diploma.
This report gives highlights on the operation, process and the parts of the system. A
technical description of the equipment is described in Designsection. There is description
of personality type and learning style in the team management section. The conclusion
compares our automated system and the manual system of transporting the baggage.
We wish to express that we have enjoyed working on this project report and would like to
thank you for your guidance through the content and formatting challenges we
encountered with it.
It has been my pleasure to study at Algonquin College, and we hope that you will find
some useful information from this report.
Sincerely,
Manveer Singh, Harman Singh, Jyotikanta Panda and Harmanpreet Singh Brar
Attached: Final Report for Robotics Project Course
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Robotics Project
Final Report
Baggage Transportation System
Algonquin College
Date: April 17th
2015
Submittedby: Group 14 Submitted to:
o Harman Singh Prof.Wael Ismaeil
o Manveer Singh
o JyotikantaPanda
o HarmanpreetSinghBrar
Declaration of Sole Authorship
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We, Harman Singh, Manveer Singh, Jyotikanta Panda and Harmanpreet Singh Brar,
confirm that the following work submitted for assessment in ROB9210_030 ( Robotics
Project) is expressed entirely in our own words, except where acknowledged otherwise.
The use of work by other authors-be they words, ideas, numerical data, figures, tables,
photographs, etc. – whether quoted, paraphrased, or reproduced, is properly cited at
the point of use. The original sources of cited work may be located using the IEEE style
bibliographical entries in the References page at the back.
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Executive Summary
This report deals with the baggage handling system used at the airports. We modified
that idea by using the robotics arms instead of baggage handlers. We have even used
the SONAR sensor to detect the distance of the baggage so that it must not get out of the
conveyor belt. This sensor is placed at the end of the conveyor belt. There are lights
attached on the conveyor belts which indicate that the conveyor belts are running and
there is no fault in the system. The proximity sensors detect the baggage coming from
the check in section and also activate the CRS robot.
Table of Contents
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Tableof Contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................................................7
1.1 Topic ........................................................................................................................................7
1.2 Background...............................................................................................................................7
1.3 Purpose....................................................................................................................................7
1.4 Scope .......................................................................................................................................8
1.4.1Project Description..................................................................................................................8
1.4.2 Project Deliverables................................................................................................................8
1.4.3 Project Objectives...................................................................................................................8
1.4.4 Assumptions ..........................................................................................................................9
1.4.5 Gantt Chart ............................................................................................................................9
1.4.6 Estimated Budget.................................................................................................................10
1.4.7 List of Material.....................................................................................................................10
2. Team Management...................................................................................................................11
2.1 Learning Style..........................................................................................................................11
2.2 Team Activities..................................................................................................................11
3. Design and Plan.........................................................................................................................12
3.1 Hardware Design.....................................................................................................................12
3.2 Software Design.................................................................................................................13
4. Results and Discussion...............................................................................................................15
4.1 Predicted Results.....................................................................................................................15
4.2 Actual Results....................................................................................................................15
5. Successful Strategies and Challenges..........................................................................................15
5.1 Successful Strategies ...............................................................................................................15
6. Conclusions and Recommendations ...........................................................................................16
References.......................................................................................................................................17
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1. Introduction
1.1 Topic
A baggage transportation system is a type of system installed in airports that
transports checked baggage from check-in counters to the cargo compartment of
the airplane by using the conveyor belts. It also transports scrutinized baggage
anticipated from the airplanes to the airport where the passengers can claim their
baggage. This system also ensure about the passenger’s baggage identification,
information and the correct location. [1]
1.2 Background
For many years it was believed that there is an adjustment between high quality
products and low manufacturing costs. In the recent time we have developed the
system to reduce the cost using automated equipment to transfer the baggage [2].
Today, the most advanced baggage handling system is installed at the Denver
International Airport. [3]
1.3 Purpose
The computerized baggage transportation systems in today’s world play critical role
in mitigate the strain on ground staff and in advising them to boost passenger
satisfaction. “From check-in through screening to departure and arrival in planes,
automated baggage transportation system help ground staff around the world to
quickly, safely, and efficiently handle the baggage”. [4]
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1.4 Scope
1.4.1ProjectDescription
• We used the Pick n Place technology to transport the luggage to the airplane which is
our project, with the help of Robotics Arm (CRS F3). The luggage move with the
conveyor belts. The Robotic Arm pick the luggage from one conveyor belt and place
it on the other which is attached to the airplane.
• First of all connect the conveyor belt with power source, both the conveyor belts
starts running. There are sensors attached at the end of each conveyor belt.
• Now we put the object on first conveyor belt, when it reaches to the sensor, the
robotic arm will activate. It will pick the object and place it on another conveyor belt.
• This is how we can reduce the human effort by using this automated system.
1.4.2 ProjectDeliverables
As technological advances often come at the cost of worker numbers especially when
there is large scale transportation, we need to reduce the man power which makes up
the cost and profit to the organization.
It is more efficient, less time consuming and minimize man power.
1.4.3 ProjectObjectives
Technology can affect human resources in a number of ways, so as being a part of
electro-mechanical automation field, we need every product to transfer automatically
and we need it most in the manufacturing and in other automation industry.
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The objective of this project is to transport the luggage from check-in to the airplane
with the help of robot.
1.4.4 Assumptions
At first we assumed that the sensor would sense all type of material but when we
tested in the lab with the help of conveyor we came to the conclusion that we need to
use the proximity sensor in order to make it work because we do not have that strong
sensors which can detect any type of material, so the material must be a metal.
1.4.5 Gantt Chart
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1.4.6 Total Budget
For all of our materials used in the project, everything is provided by the college. We
just bought small stuff like metal boxes, lights, etc.
It makes our budget total $100.
1.4.7 List of Material
NAME QUANTITY
CRS ROBOTIC ARM 1
PLC 1
CONVEYOR BELT 2
SENSOR 6
RELAY 1
POWER SUPPLY 1
SMALL BOXES AS LUGGAGE 4
SONAR SENSOR 1
PIC16F877A 1
24V LIGHTS 3
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2. Team Management
2.1 Learning Style
2.2 Team Activities
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We are using three conveyor belts out of which one is attached to the check-in. The
other two are connected the airplane. The CRS robot is placed at the end of the first
conveyor belt. The conveyor belts are controlled by the Programming Logic
Controls, The system works in this way – the object first will be scanned and
checked where passenger check-in, after that it will move towards the airplane, at
the end of the check-in conveyor, there is a sensor which will detect the baggage
and activate the CRS robot, it will also stop the check-in conveyor belt. The CRS
will place the baggage on the conveyor belt which is hooked up with the airplane.
This process is usually done by the ground staff but we replace that with the CRS
Robot, as it is more efficient, fast and convenient.
3.2 Software Design
Interfacing program for the SONAR sensor, LCD display and the relay.
PLC ladder diagram.
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Function Block:
The function block is used for the emergency lights which blinks with the time interval of
1 second when the second conveyor belts starts moving.
4. Results and Discussion
4.1 Predicted Results
In the beginning we thought that the sensors would be able to detect any type of
material as we could not anticipate the material of baggage. As we went further in
our project we came to know that there were only proximity sensors available to us.
The proximity sensors can only detect metal, which does not go with our
expectations.
4.2 Actual Results
In actual we used metal objects as baggage, as we were having only proximity
sensors. Moreover, it was a challenge for us to place the sensors on the conveyor
belt on right place to make it detect the baggage.
5. SuccessfulStrategies and Challenges
5.1 SuccessfulStrategies
We have a created a circuit on breadboard using SONAR sensor, LED, 5V Relay,
LCD Display and the PIC877A. We have controlled the CRS robot with the 5V relay.
This circuit is attached at the end of second conveyor belt. The SONAR sensor will
sense the distance of the baggage and the LCD display will display the distance.
When the baggage is 10cm away from the end of the conveyor belt, the sensor will
activate the relay, which will give command to the CRS robot to pick up the
baggage and place it in the airplane.
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6. Conclusions and Recommendations
We have learned that using this technology, we can make the baggage technology
system much more convenient, effective, and efficient and faster as compare to the
baggage handlers we use now at airports. We replaced the baggage handlers with
the Robotic arms. In our project we have used CRS robot. We can improve this
project by putting the sensors which can sense any type of material. Moreover, we
can use the shift register function in the PLC to get exact location of the baggage if
there is any emergency.
