Energy opportunities for delivery robot during Disaster

Elangovan, Muniyandy; Nayeem, Mohammed; Yousuf, Mohamed; Nauman, Mohamed

doi:10.47392/irjash.2022.043

Authors

¹ Mechanical Department, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, No.42, Avadi-Vel Tech Road, Vel Nagar, Avadi, Chennai, 600062, India

Document Type : Research Article

10.47392/irjash.2022.043

Abstract

The robot is being used in many applications for a different domain. The delivery robot was developed, and the battery was placed for the power source. Considering the abnormal condition/situation during the disaster period, energy is a critical issue for the robot. To overcome this condition, three kinds of power sources were identified such as (i) direct energy, (ii) solar energy and (iii) flywheel storage energy. All three power systems were designed and found that the delivery robot can be operated without any interruption with these power sources. The Flywheel energy storage system was fabricated and tested with the delivery robot. With these identified energy sources, it is possi- ble to operate the delivery robot without any external supply. It can help in any disaster situation to do services to people using the delivery robot.

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