• DocumentCode
    568057
  • Title

    An automatic window washer

  • Author

    Lee, Chien-Nan ; Chen, Li-Lin ; Jheng, Kai-Teng ; Pan, Jheng-Guo ; Su, Yi-Syong

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Oriental Inst. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Recently, incidents in which window washers have fallen during jobs have been reported in Taiwan. If a robot could replace manual window washing labor, accidents would be prevented and window washing costs would decrease. After rain, a certain amount of water remains on windows; consequently, if a robot existed that could automatically wash windows directly after rain, window cleanliness would be maintained and unnecessary manual labor costs would be reduced. Our window washing device can detect whether it is raining. When rain starts, the raindrop sensor is triggered, and the system´s screen displays that it is raining. When rain stops, the system begins to automatically wash windows, or users can start the window washing function manually. It also automatically washes windows when window glass becomes foggy and records time.
  • Keywords
    mobile robots; rain; sensors; automatic window washer; manual labor costs; rain; raindrop sensor; robot; system screen displays; window washing costs; window washing device; window washing function; window washing labor; Glass; Manuals; Rain; Robot sensing systems; Temperature sensors; Windows; raindrop sensor; robot; window washers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Cross Strait Quad-Regional Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSQRWC), 2012
  • Conference_Location
    New Taipei City
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1867-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSQRWC.2012.6295006
  • Filename
    6295006