Automated Material-Sorting Conveyor
Conveyor belt system with inductive, capacitive, color, and optical sensors driving pneumatic pusher arms.
Project Overview
Mechatronics sorting line. Automatically categorizes moving workpieces by material type (metallic vs non-metallic) and color, actuating pneumatic cylinder arms to divert items into designated storage bins. ### Practical Student Engineering Solution Fully functional hardware demonstration prototype equipped with dedicated microcontrollers, precision sensors, actuators, and an interactive cloud/mobile telemetry dashboard. ### Key Learning Outcomes - Embedded C / MicroPython firmware architecture and sensor interfacing - IoT telemetry protocols (MQTT / HTTP / BLE / LoRaWAN) - Power regulation, hardware debugging, and PCB design principles - Comprehensive technical documentation aligned with IEEE academic standards
Modern commercial and industrial infrastructure requires automated, real-time sensing and telemetry. Conventional manual monitoring suffers from high latency, human error, and lack of predictive fault visibility for Automated Material-Sorting Conveyor.
A turnkey engineering prototype integrating high-precision sensor modules, dedicated microcontroller unit, and cloud telemetry protocols to automate measurement, trigger alert thresholds, and provide remote dashboard control.