Renewable Energy for Robots and Robots for Renewable Energy – A Review

Hassan, Ahmed A.; Habrouk, Mohamed El; Deghedie, Samir

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“…It is also known as the "unlimited physical accessibility of energy in the market of energy goods at a rate that is affordable for all consumers". Energy conservation is the practice of voluntarily choosing to employ energyefficient technology, such as electricity, fuel oil, natural gas, and other non-reproducible energy sources, to reduce the amount of energy used [8].…”

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Critical Success Factors Influencing the Implementation of Sustainable Energy System in Uganda: A Case of Inter-University Council of East Africa Energy Project at the Head Quarters in Kampala, Uganda

Koskei,

Musau,

Wekesa

2023

EPE

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The widespread usage of clean and sustainable energy sources is leading to a significant transformation of the world's energy systems. Over-reliance on only the national grid energy system has made institutions fail to sustain energy systems. The council is only connected to the national grid electricity supply system, with diesel generators as the only alternative, which is unhealthy and unsafe. Surprisingly, even with such alternatives, power shortages have persisted despite government efforts to provide a solution to the shortages by installing numerous off-grid systems. Due to such a situation, the council would construct a sustainable energy system as a remedy. Thus, the purpose of this study was to establish critical success factors influencing the implementation of a sustainable energy system at the Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) Head Quarters, Kampala-Uganda. A cross-sectional survey design was used; a sample size of 84 participants was selected. Questionnaire survey and interview methods were utilized. The study found that the most significant (p < 0.05) critical factors in the implementation of sustainable energy in institutions are; the use of innovative technologies and infrastructure, the use of efficient zero emissions for heating and cooling, integration of renewable energy use in the existing buildings, building and renovating in an energy-efficient way, integrating regional energy systems, improving energy efficiency in the buildings, enhanced zero emission power technologies, energy

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Critical Success Factors Influencing the Implementation of Sustainable Energy System in Uganda: A Case of Inter-University Council of East Africa Energy Project at the Head Quarters in Kampala, Uganda

Koskei,

Musau,

Wekesa

2023

EPE

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“…Equipping proper solar panels on UAVs provides them with the functionality to charge themselves while in the sunshine. In this way, renewable energy and robots are converging into an ecosystem where they are beneficial to each other [12]. Some research publications studied the hardware selection and sizing of SUAVs [13][14][15][16].…”

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Navigation and Deployment of Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Civilian Applications: A Comprehensive Review

Li,

Fang,

Verma

et al. 2024

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Unmanned aerial systems and renewable energy are two research areas that have developed rapidly over the last few decades. Solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs) are likely to become dominant in the near future. They have the advantage of low cost and safe operation features that mitigate the barriers to their use in various environments. Developing effective algorithms for navigating and deploying SUAVs is essential for implementing this technology in real-life applications. Effective navigation and deployment algorithms also ensure the safety and efficiency of SUAV operations. This comprehensive review paper summarizes some state-of-the-art SUAV applications and provides an overview of the navigation and deployment algorithms for SUAVs. Some commonly used energy-harvesting models are described as well. Finally, some interesting and promising directions for future SUAV research are suggested.

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Bioinspired Distributed Energy in Robotics and Enabling Technologies

Mukherjee

Ganguly

Dahiya

2021

Advanced Intelligent Systems

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Robotics has advanced tremendously from performing simple pick-and-place tasks in structured environments to operating in a range of real-world environments and terrains full of uncertainties. Often these advances have been motivated by biological systems. [1] As a result, the field has grown from simple robotic arms performing preprogrammed industrial tasks [2] to human/ animal-like robots or prosthetic devices that autonomously conduct wide-ranging tasks using various sensory modalities. [3][4][5] The advances in robotics have closely followed the developments in the fields of functional materials, sensing, actuation, and communication technologies, as well as artificial intelligence, which altogether have enabled robots to mimic the morphology and functionalities of biological systems to a high degree. [6] As an example, the implementation of large-area tactile skin or electronic skin (e-skin) has allowed robots to exploit tactile feedback from the whole body for working in unstructured or cluttered environments, just as animals do. [5,7] Likewise, miniaturized and yet powerful actuators and electronic components have allowed the development of dexterous hands and agile robots. [8] In recent years, 3D/4D printing has also opened the ways for the development of sensitized robots with complex shapes and soft structures. [9,10] Thus, advances in robotics have closely followed the technological advances in other areas such as electronic hardware, advanced materials, and manufacturing. However, there is one critical area where robotics appears to have largely missed to follow the technological trend, i.e., the energy needed to power the robots.A reliable source of energy is critical for the smooth operation of autonomous robots, particularly in environments where mains power is not readily available. In fact, the majority of applications today require robots to be autonomous, and as such, they must rely wholly on batteries for their source of power. Analyzing the state of the art, we note that not much progress has been made in terms of adopting the advanced energy solutions in the robot, despite major advances in battery technology. [11] Starting from the first autonomous wheel-based robot Shakey [12] in 1966 to the state-of-the-art humanoid robots developed during the last 30 years and the quadrupedal MIT cheetah robot [13] of 2018, the battery the autonomous robots use has improved only in terms of light weight and energy density (Figure 1). [14][15][16] In contrast, the energy-storage technology itself has evolved from the bulky and leaky liquid electrolyte-based systems [17,18] to printed batteries, flexible supercapacitors (SCs) with safe electrolytes, and elegant textile-based devices. [19][20][21][22] The battery technology has improved in terms of a Watt-to-weight ratio, form factors, lifetime, ruggedness (thermal and chemical), etc., and nowadays, flexible, stretchable, and printed batteries are increasingly being explored.The energy requirement of robots can also be met with the harvesting of renewa...

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Renewable Energy for Robots and Robots for Renewable Energy – A Review

Cited by 10 publications

References 126 publications

Critical Success Factors Influencing the Implementation of Sustainable Energy System in Uganda: A Case of Inter-University Council of East Africa Energy Project at the Head Quarters in Kampala, Uganda

Critical Success Factors Influencing the Implementation of Sustainable Energy System in Uganda: A Case of Inter-University Council of East Africa Energy Project at the Head Quarters in Kampala, Uganda

Navigation and Deployment of Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Civilian Applications: A Comprehensive Review

Bioinspired Distributed Energy in Robotics and Enabling Technologies

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