• Lahari Shiva
• Sujatha K

This project mainly aims at the efficient power management and energy management for a typical autonomous robot based on the most abundant renewable source of energy i.e. solar energy. As the robot is autonomous, it has to find its energy requirement stored in the battery. The charging of the battery is done by solar energy through solar panel during availability of the solar energy and during non-availability of solar energy charging is done through visible light (indoor bulb). In order to get the maximum power from the module and to charge the battery of robot the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Algorithm is used because as the solar energy mainly depends on the factors such as direction of radiation, temperature which is not constant. The MPPT Incremental Conductance algorithm is used to obtain maximum power to charge the battery of the robot. Buck Boost Converter is used for step up or down the output to recharge the rechargeable battery. Here we are making use of two robot motors for loading purpose for the working demonstration, which will simulate the robot power consumption in Lab view. It has to measure the energy consumption pattern, charge left inside the batteries and also charge to required level whenever required or when the robot is in idle condition.

Buck Boost, Energy Management, Incremental Conductance, LabVIEW, MPPT, Power Management, Robot, Solar energy.

"MPPT implementation of Buck Boost converter for robotics using Solar Panels", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 6, page no.273-278, July-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1706059.pdf

"MPPT implementation of Buck Boost converter for robotics using Solar Panels", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 6, page no. pp273-278, July-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1706059.pdf