Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : March 14, 2016 - March 15, 2016
In recent years, automation for housework have been desired. Although leaning robots are developed, most of them have limited to specific features as cleaning on flat floor with random motion algorithms. To realize high performance with multiple functions to the robot, its cost would be increased and the robot design would be complex. Therefore, in this paper, a novel structure with changing cleaning functions is proposed. As a first step, the proposed cleaning robot has two functions; a cleaning function for a narrow space, such as under a bed, with distance sensors, and a function of floor materials by acceleration sensor. Finally, several experimental results shows the validity of the function changeable robot system.
