PENGEMBANGAN ROBOT PEMBERSIH OTOMATIS UNTUK PEMBANGKIT LISTRIK TENAGA SURYA

The sun is one of the most important substances for living things. The sun has many benefits for living things. For plants, the sun is useful for helping the photosynthesis process, adding nutrients, helping the process of plant growth and development. For animals, the sun is useful as a source of vitamin D, maintaining temperature balance, facilitating the process of food digestion, accelerating the adaptation process. For humans, the sun is useful as a source of vitamin D, a source of lighting, increasing endurance, and as a source of electricity. Electrical energy generated by solar power plants can be a solution as a source of New and Renewable Energy (EBT) that can help sustain environmentally friendly energy (green energy). In Indonesia, the demand for the installation of Solar Power Plants (PLTS) has increased quite rapidly from the commercial and industrial sectors. Based on data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), it is recorded that the installation ofrooftop solar power plants in Indonesia has increased by 26%, from the initial number of customers of 5,926 in July 2022 to 7,472 customers in July 2023. The method carried out in this research on the development of an automatic cleaning robot for solar power plants consists of several stages including hardware design and software design. This research uses microcontrollers and sensors. The scope of system testing is divided into three, namely hardware testing, software testing, and integrated system testing.