33Optimal Solar Charging Enabled Autonomous Cleaning Robot
Aastha Malhotra1, Anagha Darshan1, Naman Girdhar1, Prantika Das1, Rohan Bhojwani1, Anantha Krishnan V.1 and O.V. Gnana Swathika2*
1 School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
2 Centre for Smart Grid Technologies, School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
Abstract
The progress of various fields of robotics improves people’s quality time and their environment. Garbage is a major problem in worldwide attenuation. Developing waste collector robots is currently a field of research on efficient solutions to the present-day problem of unclean surroundings which degrade the environment. Due to the difficulties faced in keeping the surroundings clean manually, this project proposes a solution by developing an autonomous robot with the additional feature of solar charging for its batteries. Solar photovoltaic advancements using a renewable source of energy have become prominent in today’s world due to the scarcity of energy resources globally. The robot will draw out energy from the solar-powered batteries needed to run its mechanical and electrical components to perform the cleaning task efficiently. The power output of the solar batteries is optimized using Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Algorithm for efficient power management for the robot.
Keywords: Autonomous, RCNN, solar battery charger, ESP32, Node-RED, rack and pinion, P&O algorithm ...
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