Industrial · Supply Chain
Logistics Route Optimization
Intermediate 4 weeks 30-50 hours
Build a line-following delivery robot that visits multiple 'stops' on a map. Program it to find efficient routes and measure travel time/distance for different route orders.
Major
Industrial
Focus area
Supply Chain
Total hours
30-50 hours
What you'll need
- smart robot car chassis kit line following
- Arduino Uno R3 ATmega328P microcontroller board
- 5-channel infrared IR line tracking sensor array module
- L298N dual H-bridge motor driver module
- photoelectric speed encoder wheel for Arduino
- 18650 lithium rechargeable battery pack
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Steps
- Build a floor map with a line track and several marked delivery stops.
- Assemble the robot car with the line sensor array and wheel encoders.
- Program line following and stop detection.
- Program the robot to visit stops in different orders.
- Measure travel time and distance for each route order and find the best one.
- Film the demo and document the results for your portfolio.
What to photograph for your portfolio
- Delivery robot build
- route maps
- travel time comparison
- optimization results
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Engineered a logistics route optimization using Route optimization, robotics, embedded programming
Applied path planning to implement, test, and validate the analysis end-to-end
Skills you'll show off
Route optimizationroboticsembedded programmingpath planning