Control method for cleaning system
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Solution Overview
Problem
The placement of solar panels in multiple locations with large spaces between them makes it inefficient and costly to use cleaning robots on each panel, as they cannot directly span these intervals, leading to low usage efficiency and resource waste.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent cleaning system comprising a cleaning device, a shuttling device, and a data processing system that controls the deployment and movement of cleaning robots between solar panel arrays, optimizing the number of robots and shuttling robots needed based on workload, allowing efficient cleaning of multiple panels and arrays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a cleaning robot is installed on each solar panel, then cleaning coverage is improved, but hardware cost and resource waste increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning robot is designed to serve multiple solar panels sequentially rather than being dedicated to a single panel. The robot can be transferred between different solar panels and arrays, performing cleaning functions across multiple targets, thereby reducing the total number of robots needed while maintaining comprehensive cleaning coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
A transfer mechanism serves as an intermediary device that enables the cleaning robot to move between solar panels. This mediator allows the cleaning robot to be shared across multiple panels without requiring direct integration with each panel, resolving the contradiction between coverage and quantity by enabling efficient resource allocation.
2Productivity
If cleaning robots are transferred between solar panels, then resource utilization is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transfer function is extracted as a separate, dedicated mechanism rather than being integrated into the cleaning robot itself. This separation simplifies the cleaning robot's design while the transfer mechanism handles the complexity of movement and positioning between panels, resolving the contradiction between efficiency and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: the cleaning robot unit and the transfer mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the cleaning robot focuses on cleaning efficiency while the transfer mechanism handles mobility and coordination, reducing overall system complexity while improving usage efficiency.
3Quantity of substance
If manual cleaning is used, then hardware cost is reduced, but cleaning efficiency and safety increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning robot performs cleaning operations autonomously without requiring human operators to physically access the solar panels. The system serves itself by automatically navigating, cleaning, and being transferred between panels, eliminating safety risks and significantly improving cleaning efficiency compared to manual methods while maintaining lower hardware costs than comprehensive automated systems.
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AI summary
A control method for a cleaning system, comprising the following steps: first control step—controlling a transfer robot to move a cleaning robot to a cleaning area; cleaning control step—controlling the cleaning robot to perform a cleaning operation on a upper surface of the cleaning area; second control step—controlling a transfer robot to move the cleaning robot away from the cleaning area.