Design, Construction And Analysis Of Ceiling Fan Cleaning Robot

Lee, Mun Hoe (2015) Design, Construction And Analysis Of Ceiling Fan Cleaning Robot. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The traditional ways of cleaning the ceiling fan required users use a dry dust cloth and get up to the height of ceiling fan using a step ladder, or use an extension rod with a brush. However, these methods are dangerous because users may fall down from the ladder and cause environment hygiene problem. Hence, alternative solution has proposed by design a ceiling fan cleaning robot. Meanwhile, the problems that should take into consideration are the weight of robot, different size of the fan blade, and physical structure of the robot. Consequently, the objective of this project is to design and develop a ceiling fan cleaning robot and analyse the performance of it by considering robot locomotion. Furthermore, there are some important criteria in the methodology of this project. The body structure of fan cleaning robot is designed using SolidWorks software, and several technologies are combined to accomplish the basic features of the robot. This is included the material selection of mechanical parts, such as body structure and cleaning equipment; power supply for robot in electrical parts; and electronic components, like an Arduino Leonardo microcontroller, infrared sensors and limit switch, DC motors with gears as actuators, and also indicators like LEDs and buzzer. A series of experiments are conducted to analyse the performance of the robot, such as rotational speed of DC motor; sensitivity of infrared sensor; accuracy of digital compass. And also, experiment to determine the difference between rechargeable battery and power adapter on weight of robot, velocity, and swinging angle on fan blade. The experimental results confirm the proposed methodology; and showed that the power adapter is preferable as power supply for fan cleaning robot. In summary, the fan cleaning robot can be developed with future expansion in mind.

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