DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTONOMOUS VACUUM CLEANER ROBOT
1 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, Nig.
2 Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: uybagaye@gmail.com
2 Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: uybagaye@gmail.com
Abstract
This paper presented an autonomous vacuum cleaning robot with capability for obstacleavoidance. The system design involved augmenting s number of mechanical and electroniccomponents ranging from voltage regulators, motors, sensors, driver circuits, vacuumpump, microcontrollers amongst others). The system was designed for low powerconsumption. HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensors were employed to detect obstacles, and aPIC16F877 Microcontroller for processing by automatically generating control signalsbased on these sensors’ information transmitted which are thereafter forwarded toappropriate motor drivers. The microcontroller was interfaced with a Radio Frequencymodule for wireless transmission and reception of information between the transmitter andthe receiver while displaying related information on an LCD. The designed system wastested in a real-life scenario having various cleaning complexities achieving an averageefficiency of 97.99%.
Keywords
Electric Motors
Driver Circuits
Microcontroller
Robot
Sensors.
How to Cite
Bagaye, U. Y., Abubilal, K. A., & Usman, A. D. (2020). DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTONOMOUS VACUUM CLEANER ROBOT. Zaria Journal of Electrical Engineering Technology, 9(2), 97-106. https://doi.org/10.67203/zjeet.2020.extz5jzd
U. Y. Bagaye, K. A. Abubilal, and A. D. Usman, "DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTONOMOUS VACUUM CLEANER ROBOT," Zaria Journal of Electrical Engineering Technology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 97-106, September 2020. doi: 10.67203/zjeet.2020.extz5jzd
