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The Autonomous Photovoltaic MarXbot

Vaussard, Florian Christopher  
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Rétornaz, Philippe  
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Liniger, Martin  
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Lee, Sukhan
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Cho, Hyungsuck
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2013
Proceeding of the International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS-12)
International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS-12)

Domestic service robots are currently powered by the mains electricity. The growing multiplication of such devices negatively impacts our environment. In this study, we show the feasibility of harvesting energy from natural light in an indoor environment. The design of the harvester is carefully carried out using an experimental characterisation of several solar panels, while the boost converter is optimised to operate at low-light intensities and the robot is enhanced for low-power operations. The resulting harvester is then thoroughly characterised. Finally, a phototaxis experiment is conducted, proving the feasibility of recharging the robot solely by using this form of energy. The possibility of embedding energy harvesting in indoor mobile robots radically changes the potential impact of this technology in our society.

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Type
conference paper
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-33932-5_17
Web of Science ID

WOS:000313768300017

Author(s)
Vaussard, Florian Christopher  
Rétornaz, Philippe  
Liniger, Martin  
Mondada, Francesco  
Editors
Lee, Sukhan
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Cho, Hyungsuck
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Yoon, Kwang-Joon
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Lee, Jangmyung
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Publisher place

Berlin

Published in
Proceeding of the International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS-12)
ISBN of the book

978-3-642-33931-8

Total of pages

9

Series title/Series vol.

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; 194

Volume

2

Start page

175

End page

183

Subjects

photovoltaic

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mobile robot

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marxbot

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[MOBOTS]

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
NCCR-ROBOTICS  
LSRO  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS-12)

Jeju Island, Korea

June 26-29, 2012

Available on Infoscience
April 10, 2012
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/79250
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