Implementation of robotic library assistant

Abstract

Proposed robot model is used to reduce the time spent in the libraries. In large libraries most of the time will be spent in
searching the books. One may not know the exact location of the books in large libraries. Hence to reduce the user’s time
spent in searching the book, we proposed a robot model. Teensy 3.2 is used as the heart of our project. Our robot will be
placed in the entrance of the library. When the user enters the library he/she can connect with the Bluetooth module placed
in the robot. After connecting with the robot through Bluetooth module he/she should give input to the robot. The input can
be the reference number of the book or the rack number. On receiving the input from the user, the robot will start moving
towards the rack in which the requested book will be found. In order to reduce the complexity in finding the path inside the
library, we have used line following method. Robot will travel following the black line drawn on the library’s floor. Once
the rack in which the requested book is found, the robot will turn and move on the side of the rack and search for the
requested book. RFID tags and RFID reader is used to track the books. The requested book can be collected by the user.