Smart Control and Feasibility Analysis of Shared Electric Vehicle Charging Robots
2022 (English)In: 2022 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies, GlobConET 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2022, p. 887-892Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Electric Vehicles sales have grown at an exponential rate all over the world. However, this industry still faces many challenges with lack of charging infrastructure being the main problem. This study analyzes the feasibility of mobile electric vehicle charging robots being researched by industry and academia alike and proposes an intelligent control algorithm using deep reinforcement learning algorithms. The algorithm uses Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient based framework and uses an actor-critic and model-free algorithm on the deterministic policy gradient to operate over continuous action spaces. The charging solution is compared with existing conventional solutions using simulations. The results obtained from simulations show that a mobile autonomous charging station can provide many benefits. Apart from having a low upfront investment cost as compared to static chargers, a smart mobile charger also offers greater flexibility. The algorithm also performs better as compared to conventional algorithms like least laxity factor and can easily be adapted to recent trends like shared mobility and autonomous mobility to provide a better user experience.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2022. p. 887-892
Keywords [en]
autonomous EV charging bots, DC fast charging, Deep deterministic policy gradient, EV charging, Botnet, Charging (batteries), Intelligent robots, Investments, Learning algorithms, Reinforcement learning, Autonomous EV charging bot, Control analysis, Deterministics, Electric vehicle charging, Policy gradient, Smart control, Deep learning
National Category
Robotics and automation Vehicle and Aerospace Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-331261DOI: 10.1109/GlobConET53749.2022.9872494Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85138989113OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-331261DiVA, id: diva2:1780779
Conference
1st IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies, GlobConET 2022, Virtual/Arad, Romania, 20 May 2022 through 22 May 2022
Note
QC 20230706
2023-07-062023-07-062025-02-14Bibliographically approved