Cooking Robot Dust and Temperature Sensing for Fire Risk Control
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Cooking robots face challenges in minimizing the risk of fires caused by fine dust and other foreign substances around the cooking device, as existing systems lack effective sensors and control mechanisms to adjust temperature and cooking time dynamically in response to changing danger levels.
Innovation Solution
A robot system equipped with a dust sensor and temperature sensor, which determines a danger level based on concentration and temperature values, allowing the controller to adjust the cooking device's temperature level and cooking time accordingly, and includes an alarm system to notify users of potential fire risks, ensuring safe operation by varying the cooking parameters and stopping the device when necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the cooking device operates at high temperature levels to maintain cooking efficiency, then productivity is improved, but the risk of fire caused by fine dust increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors fine dust concentration and temperature using sensors, and dynamically adjusts cooking parameters based on real-time feedback. When fine dust concentration exceeds thresholds, the controller automatically reduces temperature or extends cooking time, creating a closed-loop control system that balances cooking efficiency with fire safety
Solution Approach 2:
The controller modifies cooking parameters (temperature level and cooking time) based on detected fine dust concentration and temperature conditions. By changing these parameters dynamically rather than maintaining fixed high temperatures, the system achieves both productivity and safety
2Reliability
If the system dynamically adjusts temperature and cooking time based on sensor data to ensure safety, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller serves multiple functions: it manages the cooking process, monitors fine dust concentration, reads temperature sensor data, determines danger levels, and adjusts cooking parameters. By consolidating these functions into a single control unit rather than separate systems, the patent improves reliability while minimizing the increase in device complexity
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the cooking time is extended to compensate for reduced temperature levels, then fire risk is minimized, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts cooking time based on real-time conditions rather than using fixed time extensions. When fine dust concentration is moderate, the controller may only reduce temperature temporarily, extending cooking time slightly. When concentration is very high, the system may pause cooking until conditions improve. This dynamic approach minimizes unnecessary time loss while maintaining fire safety
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively minimizes the risk of fires by dynamically adjusting cooking parameters based on real-time sensor data, ensuring safe and reliable cooking operations while preventing unnecessary delays in cooking time when conditions are safe.
Implementation Method 1
a dust sensor disposed around the cooking device or on the robot to sense a concentration of foreign substances
Implementation Method 2
The temperature sensor may include an infrared sensor installed on the end effector
Data Source
AI summary
A robot system includes a cooking device to heat a cooking container and having an operation unit configured to select a temperature level; a robot configured to control the temperature level and a cooking time of the cooking device; a dust sensor disposed around the cooking device or on the robot to sense a concentration of foreign substances; a temperature sensor disposed around the cooking device or on the robot to sense a temperature of the cooking container or the cooking device; and a controller configured to control the robot in a safe mode such that at least one of the temperature level and the cooking time is varied according to a danger level determined by a concentration sensing value of the dust sensor and a temperature sensing value of the temperature sensor.