2. Abstract
In the present day scenario all the members of family are busy with
their work and are not getting proper time to clean the house. The
cleaning robot helps to clean and mop the floor. This is done by
simply pressing a switch and the robot does the work. This also cuts
down the labor used in factories for cleaning floor. Above being the
case, motivated for the design and development of an automatic
cleaning and mopping robot that does all the cleaning and mopping
work with a simple press of a button. This robot can be controlled
manually with the help of a mobile Bluetooth. The main moto of
the project is to make this affordable and suitable for the Indian
users and factories. The development of the robot starts with the
design of a simple and most effective chassis for the robot which is
a very important part as it has to carry all the weight on the robot.
3. The electronics part where, the type of motor and its specification that
should be used to run the bot, the sensors to be used, the
microcontroller, the motor drivers, the wheels and other electronic
components to be used on the robot are decided. Further, the
assembling of the components will be done and finally testing and
calibrating the device. A robot which is capable of efficient dust
cleaning and moping of the floor of a given room is the main aim of
the robot. It is aimed to make the robot economic and feasible for the
economic class society. The target time of operation of the robot is
one hour. The developed robot will be useful for the household
application and industries. This helps to keep the workspace and
house clean without the physical labor. Also, the device will clean the
room with a single switch of button.
4. Existing System
The paper has described how an operational floor cleaning robot
prototype has been developed along with the techniques of the
indoor mapping and positioning system.
Rising level of pollution, increased level of consumption goods
followed by humongous amounts of garbage have necessitated a
meticulous cleaning of our surroundings in a quotidian manner.
Floor cleaning Robot is the best possible technical solution to do
this and thus makes life more easier.
A vacuum cleaner is an electro-mechanical appliance commonly
used for cleaning floors, furniture, rugs and carpets by suction.
5. Disadvantage of Existing System
The main problem with these products is they are costly and not
much compatible for Indian users.
In case of any head-on obstacles it takes a clockwise or an anti-
clockwise turn, in case of absence of obstacles, it checks for any
impact on the bumpers.
If any impact is detected, the robot moves away from the impacted
object and in absence of impact it moves forward and checks for
any head-on obstacles and the loop continues.
A fitness function is necessary to know the detailed description and
solution of the problem.
6. PROPOSED SYSTEM :
The primary purpose of the cleaner robot is to clean the floor dirt
from the different places of a building. To clean the floor, some
mechanism or process is required.
This motor is mounted inside the body of the vacuum cleaner to
make it easy to suck the dirt up.
The mounted DC motor rotates an omni-directional fan that creates
a vacuum and intakes the dirt with air inside.
There is an autonomous process for auto recharge of the battery
namely ’auto docking and charging process’ which is necessary to
make the robot auto rechargeable.
It can be line back for the charger if it runs low on battery power,
even if its in a distant room.
7. ADVANTAGE
A robot which is capable of efficient dust cleaning and moping of the
floor of a given room is the main aim of the robot.
The bumper switches i.e., the limit switches were preferred over other
non-contact sensors to increase the efficiency of the robot.
Various robots present in the world only some robots can be used
especially for doing the household chores of man.
These robots can be used anywhere i.e., in offices, houses, industries
etc.
The Bluetooth controlled robot can be used to do the spot cleaning,
which was not facilitated by the automatic cleaning method.
11. CONCLUTION
There are so many cleaning and mopping robots present in the
market but only some of them are affordable and economic. There
are very fewer robots that include both cleaning and mopping. With
this work, we tried to reduce the cost of the robot and make it more
compatible with the Indian Users and the Industries. To further
enhance the navigation performance of the robot, feedback sensors
such as optical encoders can be integrated. Cleaner brushes can be
added to vacuum cleaning mechanism to increase the efficiency of
dust collecting. Lithium polymer batteries can be used to reduce the
weight of the robot which can further lead to the reduction of power
consumption.
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