The Invention of Automatic Robot Vacuum Cleaning Prototype for Smartphone Controlled

Abstract

This paper presented the prototype build of a robotic vacuum cleaner controlled by a smartphone. How it worked wass based on the work application of a sensor that functioned to preclude bumps between the robotic vacuum cleaner and the objects. Distance was used to determine the movements of the cleaner as well as to locate a direction that brought in desired movements. The robotic vacuum cleaner consisted of two main parts. First, the Arduino Ethernet board was used as a processing center of the vacuum cleaner, a router was used to communicate between the Arduino Ethernet board and a smartphone on a wireless network. In term of motor drive control, an ultrasonic sensor was set to monitor standing objects during the vacuum cleaner work operations. Moreover, an infrared sensor was deployed to prevent the robotic vacuum cleaner from falling from height. The second part contained programs used to take control of the robot automatically and manually via a smartphone over a wireless network. As shown in the experiment, the robotic vacuum cleaner could clean up to 93% of total working areas.