Automated Library System Using SMS Based Pick and Place Robot

International Journal of Engineering Research and, 2016

Robots are used for various purposes in day-today life. With ever growing technology and competition there is a desire for doing work in less time, also considering economy in the equation. Keeping this into consideration this project aims at minimizing the efforts required to arrange books in a library. A library generally consists of thousands of books and there are two or three employees to arrange them. The Library Management Robot (LMR) will mitigate the problems by collecting the books from library counter and then arranging the books, one by one, into shelves. The LMR works on general principle of RFID, Line following and kinematics of robotic arm. The LMR will initially scan the RFID tag of a book and then find its shelf according to the data previously fed into it. Then it will travel to the shelf according to the path following the lines made on the floor of library. After reaching the shelf, LMR will pick the book and place it in the respective rack in the shelf. The same procedure will be repeated for every book. The robot consists of a microprocessor (ATmega328), two motors for locomotion, four different motors for arm, RFID reader and proximity sensors for gathering surrounding information. This project will definitely prove helpful for library enabling them to work efficiently and eliminating problem like misplacing of books.

The use of robots in industrial production has grown significantly in the past decades worldwide. In contrast the use of robots in other applications is still limited. Service robots which are partially or fully automated perform tasks for people instead of serving industrial manufacturer. Recently, the idea of using robots in library application has become more interesting. Book picking robot is a service robot which perform tasks such as book finding, picking and delivering it to the reader. The process of book finding and picking is automated by this work. The robot developed move towards the book and the navigation of robot is controlled through camera. The robotic arm will move close to the book and then the gripper will close the jaws to get a hold of the book and then the robotic arm is lifted, after which the robot returns back to deliver the book to the reader.

International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology IJRASET, 2020

The managing and arranging of books in a library manually is a difficult task. In this paper the application of Robots in Library Management System is presented and technique for implementing the same is proposed. In this method, a robot will be designed that will work on path orientation strategy. The rack number will be given as input to the robot, this input will be searched and matched to the code. If the match is found, then the robot will move towards the corresponding rack. The sole purpose of the robot is to make transfer of the books from one location to another. The proposed technique is applied to the college library.

Differently abled people and children may find it difficult to use modern libraries on their own as it is quite large having tall book shelves and confusing indices. This paper provides a way to solve this issue by using robots. Basically the books are arranged in libraries according to the ISBN no. and the books are indexed in OPAC. This will help in locating the specified book. In this system, the user himself will be able to enter the book he wants and the robot on receiving the command will pick and bring the book to the user. In the same way the book can be returned back to the library. In this case the user will place the book on a table from where the robot will pick the book and place it back onto the shelf. Thus, making the process a simple and smooth one. This paper proposes the automation of library using RFID and Arduino with the help of line following robot mechanism.

IRJET, 2021

This project is the application of Robots in library management systems. A robot is designed that follows a predefined path to keep track of the library bookshelf arrangements. The robot is controlled using the Arduino MEGA which is programmed with instructions to perform the tasks. The number of the required book is given as input to the robot through the Bluetooth module. The robot uses the line follower technique and reaches the shelves in which the book is present. The robot gets the data of the book by comparing the saved RFID number with the books on the shelves. If the particular book which is to be found out by the robot is matched with the saved book detail, then the robotic arm will get the input. Then the servo motors present in the arm rotates in particular angles and picks the book from the shelf. The robot arm will hold the book using the gripper and return the book to the collection center following the same path. Thus the customer can deliver the book from the collection center. This helps and simplifies the job of monitoring the arrangement of books and also reduces the manual routine work done by the library staff.

Solid State Technology, 2020

Library reflects the diversity, character and expectation of our young generation before going into the society and make contribution for the country development. Due to the rapid technology change, the automated library is now becoming a trend to provide fast services. Old handling technique and maintenance are no longer efficient to support a good service to the client. During peak hours, clients need to wait in a long queue for just returning a book. Old technique of sorting process before shelving may cause repetitive stress injuries to the librarian which will lower down the work efficiency. The objective of this research is to develop an intelligent book returning and sorting system using IoT to enhance the efficiency of the library system. In this research, the book returning, and sorting system was designed to sort the book using servo motor with the aid of infrared sensor. The RFID technology was implemented for data input as part of the book returning system. The validation RFID data will be done by Laravel GUI system. IoT system was used for communication between book returning system and GUI system. The feedback message from the GUI will be further used for sorting purpose. The performance of sorting system was evaluated by servo frequency test, servo action time test, servo positional test, DC motor test, DC motor duty cycle test, servo motor weight carrying test, DC motor weight carrying test and internet connection test. From the testing, the user was estimated to wait for sorting process in total of 8 seconds for returning in total the second book if using the old system technique. However, the proposed system allow the user to return the book in one shot without waiting for the sorting process. For future enhancement, pneumatic cylinder and industrial grade of RFID sensor can be used for getting a higher performance efficiency and accuracy. For software part, enhance the login system by adding more admin users so that different authority power level can be set for different staff level in library management system.

2020

The main objective of this paper is to automate the existing system in the library which includes the operations like search, detect, pick and place the book from shelves, which will help the readers in seeking the book in less time and quite efficiently. The paper emphasis on how a robot can issue and return a book in the library. The robotic system includes a robot that uses a LAN network with static IP for accessing the robot from anywhere in the campus. The robot is capable of picking the book and placing it with the help of a Robotic arm to the library counter. This robot introduces the Multiple Source Multiple Destination Robot, which is capable of detecting the target line through several color lines via a color sensor for its movement in the library which solves the problem in tracking the path to the shelves. Each line is colored differently, as its identity. The robot will distinguish between various colors (red, blue, green) and choose the desired destination. Librarian s...

ArXiv, 2018

With the advancement of robotics, automation in various industries and processes has become widespread. This project aims to introduce library automation system, which addresses the fulfillment of the objectives of automatic retrieval of queued books, arrangement of returned books on the racks as well as automated updating of the library database. The proposed system is based on the Arduino microcontroller and python programming Microcontroller based robotic arms are used to fetch books from or return books to the different shelves in the library. The library database is also updated after completion of an action. The uniqueness of the proposed system lies in the fact that it can be applied to any existing library and is capable of handling individual books rather than a bulk. The system aims to bring new dimensions to the concept of library automation.

International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, 2015

RFID is a powerful medium for identification of any object and leads all methods in auto ID umbrella. RFID plays a major role in auto ID applications like contactless smart cards used by bus riders, in supermarket, textiles and logistics chain management. In library management also RFID tags are used for books identification. Here, we have proposed a method for arranging the books in the library using an automated trolley (AT) with the help of RFID technology. Each book in the library is given a unique RFID tag with which the books are identified. To guide AT to the target slot in the particular rack RFID tags are pasted in the path.

2019 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2019

In order to reduce the labor and material of library management and contribute to the development of unmanned library, an intelligent mobile robot for library management is proposed. The robot consists of a mobile platform, a three-DOF rise-and-fall robotic arm and a multisource image recognition information fusion system. Besides recognizing data and position of the book, the robot is also able to conduct book grasp and shelving in order task. To adapt to the existing library environment and enlarge its move area, an efficient autonomous elevator button recognition system based on neural networks is designed, which enables the mobile robot span floors by elevator. Combined with visual recognition technology, the mobile robot has functions of autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance. There is also a data monitoring center and graphical user interface corresponding to the mobile robot, which is developed to simplify the operation instructions. The effectiveness of the proposed research is examined by simulation and experiments. The innovation of the robot is that it can complete shelving book task on the premise of adapting present library to the most extent.