ABSTRACT

The adoption of domestic robots is evolving as households of today are becoming

smarter and more automated. Home automation provide convenience and
creates more time for people. Several robotic vacuum cleaners are available on
the market but only few ones implement wet cleaning of floors. The developed
concept carries a dry cleaning mechanism in the front and a wet cleaning
mechanism in the back. First large particles and debris are suctioned, afterwards
clean water is applied to a rotating cylindrical brush that scrubs the floor and
lastly the dirty water is suctioned and removed from the floor. It holds a square
design to enhance reachability of cleaning areas and a one-stroke strategy to
implement both cleaning procedures in one sweep.

INTRODUCTION
A robotic vacuum cleaner, often called a robovac, is an autonomous robotic
vacuum cleaner that has intelligent programming and a limited vacuum cleaning
system. Some designs use spinning brushes to reach tight corners. Others
combine a number of cleaning features (mopping, UV sterilization, etc.)
simultaneous to vacuuming, thus rendering the machine into more than just a
robot "vacuum" cleaner.The worlds first robotic vacuum cleaner was introduced
by Electrolux in 2001 (Hanlon, 2013). Since then there is an abundance of
different robotic vacuum cleaners on the market. The hectic lifestyles of today
and the use of advanced technology have developed a need for this type of
product. People want to waste less time and effort on cleaning and desire easy
and convenient solutions.

PROBLEM STATEMENT
The given problem description was to design a conceptual solution for a domestic
cleaning robot that vacuum cleans and wet cleans. There are several problem
areas that are required to be solved to introduce this type of product on the
market e.g. path planning, detecting obstacles or the maintenance in between
cleaning cycles, while keeping the robot as small as possible to enable its
mobility in the use environment. Not only does it require achieving this, but it
also must achieve a proper cleaning result. However, the main focus of this
project is to manage the actual cleaning procedure.

PURPOSE
The product requires to:
1. Remove the debris and large particles from the floor.
2. Wet clean the floor with fresh water.
3. Remove the dirty water and leave the floor as dry as possible.
This type of product must enhance the convenience for the customers using it
while providing them with a proper cleaning result. This implies that the system is
required work with minimal human intervention. At the moment, there are only a

few products on the market that offer this solution. This indicates a difficulty and
complexity in solving the task in an efficient and satisfactory way.

MORPHOLOGICAL CHART
Subfunction
Dry cleaning
mechanism :

Suction

Wet cleaning
mechanism

Water tank

Spray

Microfiber
roller

Suction

Fan

Dirt bin

Tube

Option 1
Only a
rotating
brush to lift
the debris
to a
compartme
nt, so no
suction is
used.

Option 2

Option 3

Lid
(shape)

PUGH DECISION MATRIX

CTQ or Criteria

CTQ or Criteria
(optional)

Cost
Durability
Effectiveness
Maintanance
Features
Total +
Total Overall total
Weighted total

6
8
9
5
7
+
-

1st concept
The one by
one
-1
+1
0
-1
0
9
9
0
-3

2nd concept
Combined

3rd concept
Square

0
+1
-1
-1
-1
9
20
-11
-13

+1
+1
0
0
-1
16
6
10
4

CHOSEN CLEANING PROCEDURE AND CONCEPT

The selection and evaluation procedure enabled the cleaning mechanism to be
decided. The
Dry Cleaning Mechanism was chosen to not contain a collecting tool, to be able to
sustain the
products minimal size. This resulted in a suction nozzle that must be designed to
achieve the
desired suction. The Wet Cleaning Mechanism will utilise a cylindrical cleaning
brush and the
applied water is will be suctioned

The square concept locates the particle suction in the front of the cleaning robot
and the water
suction nozzle is located in the back of the robot. This geometrical layout will
ensure that the
robot can perform vacuum cleaning and wet mopping in all desired areas, with
the suggested
driving strategy.

Water level