Manual cleaning of the floors in the stable is a labor operation that costs the farmer several hours of time every day that could be used for other work on the farm. To make the farmer's work easier, it makes sense to automate and modernize the process. Therefore, we have continued the development of an autonomous robot that cleans the excrements several times a day (high animal welfare). By keeping the floor clean all the time, we achieve better health and welfare of the animals.
As part of the thesis, we developed a mechanism for emptying the robotic tank and a drive module for cleaning the floor of the stable. The development consisted of reviewing the market for floor cleaning robots, defining requirements and wishes, designing solutions and concepts, evaluating solutions and concepts according to the VDI-R 2225 method, and selecting and recalculating selected components and other parts. We also created a 3D model of the two assemblies and assembled them at a fixture location in the robot housing.
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