Design of Snake Robot with 28015 PING Ultrasonic Distance Sensor and Arduino

This paper proposes snake robot, famously referred as SnakeBot, designed using an ultrasonic distance sensor and Arduino. The autonomous SnakeBot is highly fitted for confined surroundings as they can enter and travel through these places with a higher degree of freedom because of their small cross section and highly redundant kinematics. The first focus of SnakeBot is to copy the movement of the similar named reptile-the serpent. The discussed design of SnakeBot consists of a head-followed seven segments which together comprises the body of the robot. The 28015 PING RevC ultrasonic sensor is attached to a central unit consisting of Arduino, in the head segment which controls the SnakeBot. The sensor then determines whether or not there is a barrier in front of the robot and, if so, measures its distance. Analyzing this distance with the directions already coded in the central unit, the snake robot decides the direction to continue the movement. This design can prove beneficial in many real-life problems and can be further improvised by coupling with other technologies.