Novel Approach for Disinfecting and Sterilizing using Autonomous Robot Equipped with UV-LEDs

Abstract: There are many ways of sterilization. Of these, the one gaining the most popularity is UV sterilization. This is a low-cost UV sterilizing robot. Ultraviolet (UV) sterilization technology is employed to assist in the reduction of microorganisms that will remain on the surfaces after a typical cleaning to the minimum number. For this purpose, a UV robot for sterilization in a room would be befitting. The UV bot has UV LEDs mounted on top of the UV bot platform covering 360° direction. The UV bot employed an embedded system based on Arduino to aid in navigation to avoid obstacles. This robot is driven with an Arduino board controlled by an infrared sensor. The Bluetooth module is used as an interface to communicate with the device using the android app.

Keywords: Ultraviolet Sterilization, Robot, Disinfection, Arduino, Bluetooth module, Motor driver, Infrared sensor, Obstacle detection.