Cleaning robots

In several household appliances remote or autonomous operation will be introduced. So the first autonomous cleaning robots will be available, mainly for industrial purposes. Once the price of these autonomous devices have dropped, mass production for various applications can be expected. 

Cleaning robots, which can already be found on the market Their functionality is expected to increase, while prices are going to come down, as they are competing with existing hand-operated systems. 

Classification (AVIS), 1906 Classification (group technology), 461 Classification data, 1837, 1844-1847 Classification method (job evaluation), 903 Clean Air Act Amendments, 591-593 Clean Air Acts (CAA), 590-593, 1164 Clean facilities, 1489 Cleaning robots, 380 Clean manufacturing, 530-539 energy audits in, 534... 

The eleventh chapter addresses a very important aspect of student motivation. The proposed approach is based on specially designed introductory projects in electrical and computer engineering. This approach is illustrated through au example—team project for planning a window-cleaning robot. 

In the same year, Hofher and Schmidt (1994) introduce a technique for planning and guiding a mobile floor-cleaning robot. Their methodology considers a kinematic and geometrical model of the robot and the cleaning units as well as a... 

Hofher, C., Schmidt, G. (1994). Path planning and guidance techniques for an autonomous mobile cleaning robot. In Proceedings of the IEEE/ RSJ/GI International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 1994 Advanced Robotic Systems and the Real World, IROS1994, (Vol. 1, pp. 610-617). IEEE Press. 

Application of the vortex system in the cleaning robot allows a greater separation between the suction cup and the wall, which helps the system reduce the torque in the driver motors because friction is reduced when the robot is moving. Wheel skidding was also eliminated when the robot operated on an irregular surface. 

The chapter describes the stages of an autonomous mobile robot project, in this case, an underwater cleaning robot First, the authors analyze the products already available for costumers, mainlyfocusing on the tasks they can perform (instead of the systems they use), in order to define the requirements of their project. Then, they build some models, based in the literature available. Based on them, the authors dimension the parts and systems by evaluating the results of these models. Finally, the authors use all information gathered to create a prototype, modeled with a CAE system. 

As an essential feature, our equipment has to clean the pool floor because this characteristic is available in all pool-cleaning robots. 

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