Children-toy robot automatically detect and move to a targeted colored object

Abstract

© 2015 IEEE. The objective of this paper is to develop both computer hardware and software to help children-toy robot find different colored objects. The system is called "Robot's Eye System or RoES". The RoES consists of 4 main modules, which are: 1) website connection module, 2) system control module, 3) camera processing module, and 4) control robot module. The RoES starts with capturing an image and then analyzes colored objects based on the desired target color. In the situation that the robot cannot detect the color, it will rotate itself 45 degrees then start capturing and processing an image again until it completes 4 rotations. After the robot has discovered the object which is suitable for the user's requirement, the robot will move forward to the object until it is close to the target. Then, the Robot's Eye accomplishes its objective. From the experiment results, the RoES has an accuracy of detecting colored object around 82.5 percent.