Autonomous Mobile Robots and Wireless Sensors for Regulation of Environmental Air Quality

Abstract

As the standard of living rises, humans start to pay attention to the quality of life, primarily for indoor environmental quality (IEQ), especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. To improve the indoor environmental quality, various kinds of apparatus, e.g., humidifier, air purifier, or air conditioner, are used, but these devices can only improve IEQ for a specific space and its nearby neighborhoods. This paper presents a synthesized system composed of autonomous mobile robots and wireless sensors to regulate and enhance the efficiency of IEQ. The mobile robots equipped with a regulating apparatus receive the wireless sensors’ sensory data to guide the mobile robot to the optimum regulation location. Additionally, the coordination between multiple mobile robots is addressed to demonstrate the proposed system’s superiority for IEQ regulation. The system’s efficiency and performance in regulating a room using wireless sensors and the autonomous mobile robots could greatly assist in regulating IEQ, especially in situations like the COVID-19 crisis.