Title :
An automatic window washer
Author :
Lee, Chien-Nan ; Chen, Li-Lin ; Jheng, Kai-Teng ; Pan, Jheng-Guo ; Su, Yi-Syong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Oriental Inst. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Recently, incidents in which window washers have fallen during jobs have been reported in Taiwan. If a robot could replace manual window washing labor, accidents would be prevented and window washing costs would decrease. After rain, a certain amount of water remains on windows; consequently, if a robot existed that could automatically wash windows directly after rain, window cleanliness would be maintained and unnecessary manual labor costs would be reduced. Our window washing device can detect whether it is raining. When rain starts, the raindrop sensor is triggered, and the system´s screen displays that it is raining. When rain stops, the system begins to automatically wash windows, or users can start the window washing function manually. It also automatically washes windows when window glass becomes foggy and records time.
Keywords :
mobile robots; rain; sensors; automatic window washer; manual labor costs; rain; raindrop sensor; robot; system screen displays; window washing costs; window washing device; window washing function; window washing labor; Glass; Manuals; Rain; Robot sensing systems; Temperature sensors; Windows; raindrop sensor; robot; window washers;
Conference_Titel :
Cross Strait Quad-Regional Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSQRWC), 2012
Conference_Location :
New Taipei City
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1867-9
DOI :
10.1109/CSQRWC.2012.6295006