SolarFlare
Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
2023.1 - 2023.4 (3-month)
Group Project
Team Member: Jenny Du, Christine Zhou, Francisco Sepulveda, Yousif AlSadah, Alan Zhao, Jack Pilgrim, Somesh Jaiswal
SolarFlare
Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
2023.1 - 2023.4 (3-month)
Group Project
Team Member: Jenny Du, Christine Zhou, Francisco Sepulveda, Yousif AlSadah, Alan Zhao, Jack Pilgrim, Somesh Jaiswal
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare in Arid Environment (Ex: Dessert)
Service Storyboard
Technical Description
Structural Design
Linkage System Demo
Finite element analysis of linkage system
5-bar linkage design with 2 motors
We chose two geared Nema 17 stepper motors as the actuators. The total gearing ratio (planetary gearbox and timing belt) is 1:51. Because vertical movements and tilting movements are coupled in this 5-bar linkage configuration, numerical inverse dynamics needs to be calculated in runtime. Denote the desirable end point D coordinate as (x, y), the desired angle at motor A and motor B can be calculated as:
Actuation Design
Physical Working Prototype
Physical Working Prototype
Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
Linkage Waterjet Toolpaths
Injection Molded Plastic Housing
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
SolarFlare is a autonomous solar panel cleaning robot with minimal water usage and minimal operating costs for solar farms in arid regions. We define solar farms to be a large collection of ground-mounted solar panels covering about 500 acres and having a capacity of 100 MW.
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Available for Part-time/Internship/Freelance