Analysis of the construction of an autonomous robot to improve its energy efficiency when traveling through irregular terrain

Abstract

The present work is dedicated to improvement of the energetic efficiency of the mobile robot performing its task of cross-terrain inspections. It was improved by optimization of charge/discharge dynamics in a pair "solar panel – battery". The irradiance intensity was enhanced by additional system design improvement, in order to extend the time of mission performance. The validity of proposed approach was proved in a computational experiment.