Snitch: Design and development of a mobile robot for surveillance and reconnaissance

Abstract

This paper describes a novel robot named Snitch capable of climbing walls, scaling horizontal and vertical surfaces while automatically controlling surface transitions, and provides the controlling user with surveillance of its location. Unlike other wall-climbing robots currently available using vacuum suction technique and magnetic prosthesis, Snitch uses Microsuction Cups to provide adhesive force to traverse across varied surfaces. The proposed model is also capable of capturing real-time images, video and audio to provide surveillance over a person or area. A Raspberry Pi processor is used to control the robot via a Wi-Fi network for a flawless data processing and transmission. This robot is suitable for military applications like monitoring a person or place of interest, provide tactical advantage in hostile grounds or during hostage situations.