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AUTONOMOUS FLOOR CLEANING ROBOT

Vijayalaxmi S. Kumbhar1, Dnyaneshwari Jagtap2, Mansi Kulkarni3, Salim Lakade4
1Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering
and Research, Ravet-412101,
2, 3, 4Students, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering and

Research, Ravet-412101
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Abstract - Cleaning the floor is an important task which available in the market but they are used for dry cleaning
takes a lot of time; sometimes we assign people for cleaning purposes only. Whereas the cost of these vacuum cleaners
and pay them money. But due to the advancement of is also very high, this is not affordable for common people.
technology households are becoming smarter and more The additional features built on the existing systems are
automated, which provides convenience for the people. quite bulky and expensive. Due to manual handling, this
There are various vacuum cleaners are available in the system consumes more power. So, the motive of this
market but they do not include wet cleaning and operate research work is to provide easier solutions to all these
manually. So, the main purpose of our project is to design an operational issues, drawbacks in the existing system.
autonomous floor-cleaning robot to make the cleaning task
much easier and to include dry and wet cleaning in one 1.2. OBJECTIVES
design. This robot is designed to clean homes, schools,
offices, it is created to make the job easier. 1. To design & develop a machine that reduces human
efforts & helps in easy and quick cleaning at an affordable
Keywords- smartphone, ATmega328, Bluetooth model cost.
HC05, servomotor, motor driver IC LM293D, DC motor.
2. To develop a user-friendly system so that anybody with
1. INTRODUCTION very less basic knowledge can handle the machine.

3. To ensure safety while handling this machine.

The main goal of this research paper is to create a robot
that reduces a person’s effort in scrubbing and sweeping 4. To develop a fully self-contained low maintenance
while also finding a way to resolve the drawbacks of the system.
previous cleaning method. Robots are using for different
purposes in home automation. The traditional floor 5. To develop a low power consumption system.
cleaning process is time-consuming. Due to which people
are experiencing various health issues. Therefore vacuum 2. BLOCK SCHEMATIC & WORKING
cleaner is designed to reduce these problems. There are
different types of vacuum cleaners available in the market. An autonomous floor cleaning robot is dependent on
But they are expensive, bulky, and work on either wet or ATMEGA IC has been created. This floor cleaning robot is
dry cleaning, so to provide a solution regarding these an electronic application that operates in two modes as
problems we designed the Autonomous Floor Cleaning per user requirement automatic mode and manual mode.
Robot. This robot is cost-effective with the combined Unlike other floor cleaning robots, this isn't only a vacuum
applications of wet and dry cleaning operations. It has two cleaner robot as it performs dry and wet cleaning
modes automatic and manual mode. Manual mode is operations in a single system unit. A separable mop is
operated by a mobile phone application so that the user utilizing for wet cleaning purposes. In the automatic mode,
can handle the robot. And for Automatic mode robot itself the robot plays out all the activities on its own, handling
performs all the activities. For obstacle detection, an all commands itself. Where firstly the robot initiates to
ultrasonic sensor is used in automatic mode. This robot is start the operation and moves in desired commands to
affordable to common people and could be used in houses, perform further cleaning activity. For the critical surface
schools, hospitals, offices. Due to its small size, this robot area to stay away from obstacles purposely ultrasonic
can reach places where humans are unable to go sensors have been utilized. Assuming any obstacle is
distinguished; a robot will suddenly change the path
1.1. PROBLEM STATEMENT automatically and doesn't quit the ongoing cleaning
process. In the cleaning process, it follows a crisscross
In the traditional floor cleaning process, we use mops and approach where the water supply is attached, which
brooms to clear the dirt and dust particles on the floor consequently splashes water for cleaning. Therefore there
which requires a lot of human effort. Also, the normal floor is no need to join wet fabric every time for cleaning. Motor
cleaning process is time-consuming. In the past few years driver circuits have been utilizing to drive the motors. In
different types of vacuum cleaners are developed and the manual mode, the robot is operating through an

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android application using an advanced mobile phone, 4. FLOW CHART

which includes all the necessary commands for the
cleaning operation of the system.

Fig1. Block Diagram

3. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
The circuit diagram of proposed system is shown in fig.2,

Fig2. Circuit Diagram

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5. SPECIFICATION 8. Easy to handle.

components Current Voltage Power 8. APPLICATIONS

Rating(mA) Rating(v) Rating(w)
1. This can be used for Low range Mobile Surveillance
Devices.
1Atmega 12.3 5 0.0123 2. This can be used for Military Applications (no
328 human intervention).
3. The robot can be used for Home automation.
2 Relay 70 5 0.07
3 Relay 70 5 0.07 9. CONCLUSION
4 Bluetooth 30 5 0.03 This research paper explains sweeping and mopping
5 CCP 130 5 0.13 operations for the floor very effectively. It lowers labor
costs, saves time, and offers effective cleaning. The robot is
6 Ultrasonic 15 5 0.015
controlled by an Android application and a Bluetooth
Sensor
module.
7 water 220 9 0.22
10. FUTURE SCOPE
motor
8 Cleaner 350 12 0.35 We can replace Bluetooth module with GSM MODEM.
Obstacle detection will be added to the same robot.
9 DC Motor 600 12 0.6
With some minor modifications, this same robot also can
be used to clean the solar panels.
6. RESULT
11. REFERENCES
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7. ADVANTAGES
[6] Uman Khalid, HaseebHaider, Tahseen Amin Khan
1. Easy to operate. Qasuria“ Smart Floor Cleaning Robot (CLEAR)” in IEEE
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2. No skilled person is required.
[7] NamanAggrawal, PiyushaChaudhari, AkshayMahalkar
3. Less Maintenance cost. “Review Paper Based on Cleaning Robot”, vol.3 No.5 May
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4. Less noisy.
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5. Clean more space in less time.
cleaner robot (Automatic and manual)”, July 2014
6. Less charging time.

7. Simple in construction.

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