INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW METHODOLOGY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

v TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract i Abstrak ii Dedication iii Acknowledgement iv Table of Contents v List of Figures ix List of Tables xi List of Abbreviations, Symbols, Nomenclatures xii

1.0 INTRODUCTION

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1.1 Background

1.2 Problem statement 2 1.3 Objective 3 1.4 Scope of project

1.5 Intelligent Multiple Gantries System

1.5.1 Overview

1.5.2 Project description

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2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW

8 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 Overview 2.2 Artificial Intelligence A.I 9 2.2.1 Definition 2.2.1.1 Intelligent control 10 2.3 Fuzzy control system 11 2.3.1 Overview 2.3.2 History applications vi 2.3.3 Fuzzy logic 14 2.4 Scheduling of Single-Gripper Gantry Robots in Tightly Coupled Serial Production Lines 2.4.1 Introduction 2.4.2 Problem formulation 16 2.4.3 Simple scheduling cases 17 2.4.3.1 Two station case 2.4.3.2 Three station case 18 2.5 Microcontroller 19 2.6 Actuator 20 2.7 Acrylic sheet 21

3.0 METHODOLOGY

23 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Project planning 3.3 Literature review 26 3.4 Product design 3.5 Prototype development 27 3.5.1 Material selections 3.5.1.1 Software 3.5.1.2 Actuators 28 3.5.1.3 Transistor 3.5.1.4 Relay 30 3.5.1.5 Diode 3.6 Prototype programming interfacing 31 3.7 Testing and analysis 3.8 Block diagram of the system 32 3.9 Operation flowchart of the system 33

4.0 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

34 vii 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Mechanical structure development 4.2.1 Structure parts 4.2.1.1 System base 4.2.1.2 Wheeled motor hangers 35 4.2.1.3 2V Motor 36 4.2.1.4 Toy wheel 37 4.2.1.5 Acrylic hanger 38 4.2.1.6 Railing tracks 4.2.2 Testing the movements of the wheeled motor hanger 40 4.3 Electrical and programming parts 4.3.1 Electrical parts development 4.3.1.1 Electronic circuit diagram 41 4.3.1.2 Interfacing using parallel port 4.3.2 Programming parts 43 4.3.2.1 Procedures to create a set of rules for the gantry system using Mamdani FIS editor 4.3.2.2 Creating the programming circuit for the system in the 46 Simulink workspace 4.4 Specifications of the mechanical structure of the system 51

5.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSION