IoT Book Bot

TL;DR

This paper presents an automated library book management robot that can navigate, scan QR codes and barcodes, and facilitate timely issuing and returning of books, reducing human intervention in library operations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel Book-Bot system that automates book issuing and returning using Raspberry Pi, OpenCV, and remote control, addressing gaps in existing library automation solutions.

Findings

Successfully navigates between points A and B

Accurately scans QR codes and barcodes

Reduces manual effort in library management

Abstract

In order to ease the process of library management many technologies have been adopted but most of them focus on inventory management. There has hardly been any progress of automation in the field of issuing and returning books to the library on time. In colleges and schools, hostellers often forget to timely return the issued books back to the library. To solve the above issue and to ensure timely submission of the issued books, this work develops a Book-Bot which solves these complexities. The bot can commute from point A to point B, scan and verify QR Codes and Barcodes. The bot will have a certain payload capacity for carrying books. The QR code and Barcode scanning will be enabled by a Pi Camera, OpenCV and Raspberry Pi, thus making the exchange of books safe and secure. The odometry maneuvers of the bot will be controlled manually via a Blynk App. This paper focuses on how human intervention can be reduced and automates the issue part of library management system with the help of a bot.