Abstract
This paper discusses the thermal effect of electronic components associated with the robotic systems. Due to low heat conduction properties of materials used in electronic equipment causes difficulty in heating/cooling uniformly or rapidly. These electronic parts have an operating temperature that directly affects the performance of the robot (i.e. speed, power, reliability, etc.). Therefore, the thermal management systems should be rigorously studied and designed carefully to meet the ideal working temperature of each component in the robot. In this study, an attempt has been made to see the behaviour of the mobile robot and its effect on path planning by changing the temperature of the environment. For this, the experiments have been conducted for various chosen environments, with an increment of 5 ℃ temperature change and the results are highlighted. The obtained results reveals that the path lengths increase proportionately due to incremental temperature change in the room. This may happen due to the heating of electronic components integrated into the electronic circuit board which affect the speed performance of the robotic system.
