Conceptual Design of Charging Stations for Autonomous Vehicle

Abstract

Autonomous vehicle charging stations (AVCS) are fully automated charging systems controlled by robots. Our Study in attempt to introduces the conceptual design of a charging station for an AV to the convenience and efficiency of automated operation, enabling vehicles to charge themselves, thereby increasing their autonomy. This study proposed the scientometric-based product design approach. We performed design background seeking by scientometric and descriptive analysis in the first stage. As expected, in the previous designs, the motion of robotic arms is limited due to the spherical range of motion, and therefore it causes the arms could not reach constantly depending on the height of the arm. We propose a design plan containing something new and different from previous designs in the second stage. The concept design that we propose includes an energy source for the charging station that uses renewable energy from a solar cell device, which is designed using a hybrid system, which can be connected off-grid or on-grid. Then, the installation of the charging connector from the dispenser to the vehicle is carried out autonomously through the Robotic arm joints, which have a five-degree of freedom (5-DOF) design to make it more flexible.