Robotic Based Fire Detection in Smart Manufacturing Facilities

A smart fire detection system is a necessary part of a smart manufacturing facility. Autonomous robots may be deployed to seek out a potential source of fire in the industrial environment, approach, investigate and declare the presence or absence of fire based on several sensor fusion techniques. A novel approach of the above mentioned topic is described in this paper. A new technique, introduced as "Modified Voting Logic" is explained. The robot uses sensor readings comparison to approach the source and a smart obstacle avoidance system to avoid obstacles together with Modified Voting Logic to declare a fire threat. (C) 2015, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.