DESIGN OF LEAK DETECTION ROBOTS GAS PIPES USING ALGORITHM WALL FOLLOWER

Abstract

The risk that can occur from the use of a pipe as a medium to siphon PG gas is
occurring leakage of that pipe. The biggest risk of leakage is when the LPG gas leaked
from that pipeline ignited by a spark, it will cause an explosion or fires that may damage
around facilities and cause in casualties and injuries. The Wheeled Robot leakage LPG
gas detection is the form of a robot, which will move to follow the room contained LPG
gas pipeline with DC motor and ultrasonic sensor.
The robot is also equipped with a gas sensor to detect gas leakage in the pipe.
The brain in this robot is a microconroller program using the algorithm wall follower,
with the result that the robot can move and detect the gas leak automatically without
human help. The result is a robot will trace the existing pipe in the room with normal
speed at the time has not detected a gas leak.
By the time the robot starts detecting a leak, the robot will move at full speed
towards the source of the leak. Getting closer to the source of the leak, the robot will
move but its speed begins to decrease slowly, until right at the source of the leak, then the
robot will stop.