Design and development of camera guided turret system

Zulkifli, Muhammad Winal Zikril (2015) Design and development of camera guided turret system. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The purpose of this project is to develop a viable prototype of a camera guided turret system (CGTS). The system has two degrees of freedom to provide rotation and tilt movement. In the beginning of project implementation, five designs had been made for consideration. All-purpose designs are being evaluated accordingly before selecting the best possible design being develop. The main body is being made using prototype machine using ABS as its main material. The system has the capability to operate in both automatic and manual mode. In automatic mode, the system acquires an image from the camera mounted in front of the turret system. The images are then being process in order to extract the coordinate information of the target. In manual mode, the system is being control by a human operator via a computer. The operator also has an options to control the system using an air mouse. The system also has the capability to be monitored using a custom phone application. All this extra features has definitely increased the control flexibility of the whole system. Necessary testing and evaluation has been carried out to ensure the system accuracy, repeatability and durability. CGTS has an opportunity to participate in a few engineering competitions. In Mini UTeMEX 2015, the project manage snatch silver medal while in IIDEX 2015, CGTS manage to snatch bronze. Even though CGTS was initially being made with military applications in mind, the system can also be marketed in other applications as well as security, research platform or even high tech toys for those thinker to play with. The deterrent agent can be customizes so suits applications it’s intended to serve. A few suggestions of improvements also being made at the end of this report and hopefully the next version of this project will be more innovative and manage to get higher recognition in the future.

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