TY - GEN
T1 - Delivering electricity to home appliances by mobile robots
AU - Ishii, Kentaro
AU - Kamiyama, Youichi
AU - Chaochaisit, Wirawit
AU - Inami, Masahiko
AU - Igarashi, Takeo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/9/22
Y1 - 2014/9/22
N2 - In this paper, we propose an electric power management system for delivering power to home appliances with mobile robots. With our system, the user places an appliance without power cables freely within the home, and a robot provides the appliance with the electric power required for its operation. In addition to providing explanations of a usage scenario and a theoretical analysis, we demonstrate a prototype implementation. The robot of the prototype autonomously locates the target appliance, transfers its battery power to the appliance, and returns to the home position to recharge its battery. The validation study showed our proof-of-concept prototype worked as expected by the theory.
AB - In this paper, we propose an electric power management system for delivering power to home appliances with mobile robots. With our system, the user places an appliance without power cables freely within the home, and a robot provides the appliance with the electric power required for its operation. In addition to providing explanations of a usage scenario and a theoretical analysis, we demonstrate a prototype implementation. The robot of the prototype autonomously locates the target appliance, transfers its battery power to the appliance, and returns to the home position to recharge its battery. The validation study showed our proof-of-concept prototype worked as expected by the theory.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907800
DO - 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907800
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84929225019
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 6375
EP - 6381
BT - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2014
Y2 - 31 May 2014 through 7 June 2014
ER -