International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering & Research (IJRTER)

Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (RTEEE ’19)

Special Issue; March- 2019 [ISSN: 2455-1457]
DOI: 10.23883/IJRTER.CONF.20190304.039.K59MO

Spy Robot Wireless Video Surveillance using Arduino

Sreejith.M.A1, Vivek.S.K2, Vimal Kumar.S.N 3
[1][2][3]Student, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ponjesly College of Engineering,
Nagercoil, Kanyakumari Dist., Tamil Nadu, India
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ABSTRACT: We developed a cost-effective Three-wheeled II. SCOPE:

surveillance robot using an Arduino NANO microcontroller As we developing a wireless surveillance system, it can
and a Smartphone running in Android Operating System. cover more areas by it’s movable wheels. It is better
Surveillance robots typically consist of a Internet than Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), where it covers
Protocol(IP) camera, Arduino and Wi-Fi module. We are only the limited distance But in our survillence system
using Arduino software to interface the Wi-Fi module with we can stream the live video and capture images when
Arduino. An Android based application, Wi-Fi module is used ever and where ever we need with the help of the
to control in this spy robot. This robot can be controlled with mobile phone.
the help of Android phone via moving the robot upward, III. REQUIREMENTS:
backward, left and right side by using android application
through Wi-Fi or Internet. Arduino based microcontroller is
used for instruction processing and giving proper
instructions. Wi-Fi technology is used to interface between
Arduino and Android. An IP camera is used for live video
streaming and is used to observe any object & movement of
robot. This robot can move to any place and perform smartly
through internet and also with in the Wi-Fi network range.
KEY WORDS: Android, Robot, Robotic control, Wi-Fi,
Surveillance, Arduino
Fig 1 – Arduino NANO
I. INTRODUCTION: An Arduino is an open-source microcontroller
This project is aimed at developing a surveillance system development board. In plain English, you can use the
which can be controlled remotely by using an Android Arduino to read sensors and control things like motors
App. It includes a robot with a Wireless Camera attach to and lights. This allows you to upload programs to this
it. This robot captures the high resolution video feed and board which can then interact with things in the real
transmits it to the connected Android device which is used world. With this, you can make devices which respond
to control robot. [1]JOHANN BORENSTEIN AND YORAM and react to the world at large.
KOREN paper is based upon a mobile robot system which
has been developed for helping the physically disabled. It
uses ultrasonic range finders for obstacle detection and
mapping which are mounted on the vehicle. [2]Nils Gageik,
Thilo Müller, Sergio Montenegro present a paper on their
approach for obstacle detection and collision avoidance of
an autonomous flying quad copter using low cost
ultrasonic sensors and simple data fusion. [3]Gyula
Mester’s paper presents motion control in unstructured Fig 2 – Ultrasonic sensor HC-SR04
environments for mobile robots it proposes a fuzzy control
of a wheeled mobile robot motion in unstructured Ultrasonic transmitter emits an ultrasonic wave in one
environments with obstacles and slopes. [4]Kirti Bhagat, direction, and starts timing when it launches. Ultrasonic
Sayalee Deshmukh’s paper tells us that robot is a machine spreads waves in the air, and would return immediately
that can perform task automatically. Robotics is a when it encounters obstacles on the way. At last, the
combination of computational intelligence and physical ultrasonic receiver would stop timing when it receives
machinery (motors). Computational intelligence involves the reflected wave.
the programmed instructions.

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Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (RTEEE ’19)
Special Issue; March-
March 2019 [ISSN: 2455-1457]
DOI: 10.23883/IJRTER.CONF.20190304.039.K59MO

Fig 3 – IP CAM Fig 6 –12V

12V DC Motor

An Internet Protocol (IP) camera , is a type of digital A DC motor is any of a class of rotary electrical machines
video camera that receives control data and sends image that converts direct current electrical energy into
data via the Internet. They are commonly used for mechanical energy. The most common types rely on the
surveillance. Most IP cameras are webcams, but the term forces produced by magnetic fields. Nearly all types of DC
IP camera usually applies only to those tho used for motors have some internal mechanism, mechanism either
surveillance that can be directly accessed over a network electromechanical or electronic, to periodically change the
connection. direction of current flow in part of the motor.

Fi Module ESP 8266

Fig 4 – Wi-Fi Fig 7 – Servo motor
Servo implies an error sensing feedback control
ESP8266 is a cost-effective WiFi module that supports which is utilized to correct the performance of a
both TCP/IP and microcontrollers. It runs at 3V with system. It also requires a generally sophisticated
maximum voltage range around 3.6V. More often than controller, often a dedicated module designed
not, it also comes under name ESP8266 Wireless particularly for use with servomotors. Servo
Transceiver.This module stays ahead of its predecessor motors are DC motors that allows for precise
in terms of processing speed and storage capability. It control of angular position. They are actually DC
can be interfaced with the sensors and other
oth devices and motors
tors whose speed is slowly lowered by the
requires very little modification and development to gears. The servo motors usually have a revolution
rev
make it compatible with other devices. cutoff from 90° to 1800.

Fig 5 – Motor Driver Shield L298N

Fig 8 –MIT
MIT APP Inventer
This motor controller from Tronixlabs Australia is based Open Source Tools to catch performance, usability, version
on the L298N heavy-duty dual H-bridge bridge controller, compatibility and other problems Template based wizards.
which can be used to drive two DC motors at up to 2A To
o create a common Android Designs and components
each, with a voltage between 5 and 35V DC - or one Support for building Android Wear Apps Built in support for
stepper motor with ease. The controller has fast short-
short Google Cloud Platform. To democratize software
circuit protection diodes, and a nice heatsink to keep the development by empowering all people, especially young
L298N happy.
people, to move from technology consumption to
technology creation.

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Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (RTEEE ’19)
Special Issue; March- 2019 [ISSN: 2455-1457]
DOI: 10.23883/IJRTER.CONF.20190304.039.K59MO

6. Motor Driver Shield L298N

7. DC Motors

IV. IMPLEMENTATION:
To make more useful & efficient surveillance system, we
The block diagram of Wireless Surveillance Robot. are using Wi-Fi transmission modules. We are using Wi-
Fi Module to communicate with the system by using
commands with the help of an Android Application. As
we know to transmit data such as pictures and videos
through live field requires more bandwidth, for that only
reason we are using Wi-Fi module, because it provides
more bandwidth for transmission than Bluetooth.

The system is divided into two major parts, User

Interface and Wireless Surveillance Robot. In this, User
Interface is responsible for getting access & commands
from the user which will be connected to the robot
through Wi-Fi module to perform actions & get the
desired output of surveillance. Performance Parameters
are:

Speed
Block Diagram of WSR Image Resolution
Noise
In that figure we can see that Wi-Fi will send commands Connectivity Range
to Arduino NANO by decoding it first, then Mega will Ultrasonic Sensor Range
perform operations on the basis of commands provided Compact Design
by the user & will give the output to Motor Driver Shield Camera Angle
which will drive the respective DC motors. Response Time
Terrain

The Architecture of Wireless Surveillance Robot V. CONCLUSION:

We are concluding that wireless surveillance

robot can certainly be a future market for many defense
and security purposes like military reconnaissance mission,
wireless security and surveillance in hot spots, search and
rescue operations or maneuvering in hazardous
environment. This can save valuable human lives as well as
time and resources need for such operations. We can use
both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for manual control and
transmission of video footage depending on the purpose of
the surveillance. Further enhancements can be added to
improve functionality and features, which will further
reduce human efforts and resources.
Architecture of WSR

The major components which are required - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

1. Arduino Nano
This Project is guided by J. Jayalakshmi, Assistant professor
2. IP CAM
of Ponjesly College of Engineering, Nagercoil, K.K Dist.
3. Ultrasonic Sensors
4. Servo motor
5. Wi-Fi Module ESP8266

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Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (RTEEE ’19)
Special Issue; March- 2019 [ISSN: 2455-1457]
DOI: 10.23883/IJRTER.CONF.20190304.039.K59MO

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