2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of Biomass Eating Energy Sustainable Robot
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20K04385
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 20020:Robotics and intelligent system-related
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
Doi Takahiro 金沢工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (40410633)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | エネルギーハーベスティング / 移動ロボット / センシング / バイオマス / 熱電発電 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Research on "energy sustainable mobile robots" in which the mechanical system searches for and absorbs energy sources using on-board sensors while moving around the surrounding environment to obtain the energy necessary for its own actions, and acquires energy continuously was performed.
We proposed the concept and actually built the robot. It consists of a combustion furnace to burn dead leaves, thermo modules to generate energy, capacitors to charge electric energy, an arm to carry dead leaves biomass to the combustion furnace, a two-wheeled movement mechanism, and a microcomputer to control robot system and output a log that shows the current state of the robot system. We clarified that these system can be driven by remote control and evaluated the energy balance of it.
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| Free Research Field |
Robotics
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の意義は，従来の機械であったような，グローバルな大量のエネルギーと資源の投入に基づく考え方から脱却し，持続可能性を実現するために，センサを搭載した知能機械システムによる「賢い」ローカルエネルギーの獲得と利用を示唆する点である．
今回の研究成果により単純な構成のロボットで，枯葉バイオマスの回収と燃焼，熱電発電によりエネルギーが獲得できること，そのエネルギー収支の定量的評価が実現でき，今後の課題を明らかにすることができた．
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