Approach to the monitoring of energy consumption in eco-grinder based on ABC optimization

Abstract

This article is a part of the series dedicated to AI Methods Inspired by Nature and their implementation in the mechatronic systems. The Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) enables the optimization of the consumption of power supplied from photovoltaic cells. The paper includes a few implementations of ABC. Special emphasis was put on maintaining proper energetic balance, and on monitoring of power demand as well as energy sources used for the comminution. The ecological grinder was designed based on the autonomic unit. It can be called autonomous, because it does not need external control. The built-in computer system ensures monitoring and visualization of the current state of the energetic balance.