RoboVac - Ascender

Sammanfattning: For my bachelor thesis, I wanted to explore and develop a new kind of robot vacuum cleaner. A robot vacuum cleaner that can climb stairs. Not that there is a big need for it for us to function as human beings. But to make the already established robot vacuums go even further. Simply to make time for more important moments of the user’s life. During my project, I researched and evaluated different methods for a robot vacuum to climb up a stair. Experimenting with sketches and mockups to find a functioning, climbing mechanism, without overcomplicated electronics. As the project went along I learned that a technical innovation might not be as easy to finalize in such a short amount of time, as I had previously thought. But. Everything came together in a visualized model with a tech pack to describe all components within. A full-scale and semi-working prototype was also made to back up my findings and confirm the functionality of the mechanism.