Transfer Robot for Multi-Array Solar Panel Cleaning Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
The placement of solar panels in multiple locations creates large spaces between them, making it inefficient and costly to use separate cleaning robots for each panel, and existing solutions for cleaning solar panels are either resource-intensive or lack precision in determining which panels need cleaning.
Innovation Solution
A transfer robot system that includes a vehicle body, transfer device, and angle/height adjustment devices to efficiently move a cleaning robot between solar panel arrays, allowing remote dispatch and control for effective cleaning, with the transfer robot carrying the cleaning robot through passageways and adjusting its position to match the tilt and height of the panels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
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:
Multiple cleaning tasks are merged into a single cleaning robot through the transfer robot system. The transfer robot carries one cleaning robot to multiple solar panel locations, consolidating what would otherwise require multiple independent cleaning robots into a single mobile unit that serves multiple stations.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning robot is designed as a universal device that can clean different solar panels at various locations. The transfer robot enables this cleaning robot to perform multiple functions across different solar panel arrays, making the single cleaning robot versatile enough to replace multiple dedicated cleaners.
2Productivity
If cleaning robots are placed at multiple solar panel locations, then cleaning efficiency is improved, but hardware cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static cleaning robots fixed at each solar panel location to a dynamic transfer robot that moves the cleaning robot between locations. This dynamic approach allows the cleaning robot to be deployed where needed while reducing the total number of robots required, thereby lowering hardware costs while maintaining cleaning efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The transfer robot acts as an intermediary between the cleaning robot and multiple solar panel locations. Instead of directly placing cleaning robots at each location, the transfer robot mediates by transporting the cleaning robot to the appropriate panels, reducing the need for multiple expensive cleaning robot installations.
3Device complexity
If manual cleaning is used, then hardware cost is reduced, but cleaning efficiency and safety are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning robot performs self-service cleaning operations on solar panels without requiring manual human intervention. The automated cleaning system moves and operates independently, eliminating the need for human workers to physically clean panels while significantly improving cleaning efficiency and safety compared to manual methods.
4Power
If solar panels are placed in multiple locations with large spaces between them, then energy generation capacity is improved, but cleaning accessibility is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The transfer robot introduces mobility in multiple dimensions, allowing the cleaning robot to access solar panels across large spatial gaps. By adding the dimension of mobile transport, the system overcomes the accessibility problem created by distributed solar panel placement, enabling cleaning of panels that are far apart without compromising energy generation capacity.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are a transfer robot (300) and a cleaning system. The transfer robot (300) comprises a vehicle body (310), a transfer device (320), and an angle adjusting device (330). The cleaning system comprises a cleaning area (500), a cleaning robot (200) and the transfer robot (300). The transfer robot (300) serves as a carrying tool for the cleaning robot (200), and transfers the cleaning robot (200) to a channel area (103) among a plurality of solar panel arrays (101), such that the cleaning robot (200) can complete cleaning work on the different solar panel arrays (101).