Window Cleaning Robot by using Arduino as Microcontroller

Abstract

Stunning and modern houses nowadays have been constructed with increasing number of curtain window glass walls and corresponds to the requirement of its maintenance, repair and care from dust and pollution. This window produces a lot of difficulties such as the window height and the exposure to the risk of hurt or injury during the cleaning process. A window cleaning robot by using Arduino Mega as microcontroller is developed with neodymium magnet, ultrasonic sensors, DC motor, servo motor, motor driver and buzzer. Neodymium magnet is used to attach the window robot vertically on the surface of glass wall whereas servomotor will move the robot accordingly. To detect an obstacle or the robot reached at the edge of panel at about 3 cm, an ultrasonic sensors are used to notify and enable the DC motor to change its current path. When all four sides of the edge of panel window is detected, the robot will turn on a buzzer continuously to notify user that glass window cleaning process is completed successfully.