Utilizing Artificial Intelligence and Lotus Effect in an Emerging Intelligent Drone for Persevering Solar Panel Efficiency

Table 1

Comparison of the related research windup against the proposal.

Ref.	Vehicle type	Autonomous	Altitude	Cleaning approach	AI framework	Camera type
[15]	Flying robot	×	16 m	Microfiber brush	×	RGB
[16]	Automatic arm	×	×	Microfiber brush	√	×
[17]	Quad copter	×	32 m	Water spray	×	RGB
[19]	Drone	×	20 m	×	√	RGB
[21]	UAV	√	20 m	×	√	Thermal
[22]	Drone	×	14 m	×	√	Thermal
[23]	UAV	×	27 m	×	√	Thermal
[24]	UAV	×	50 m	×	√	Thermal
[26]	Drone	×	32 m	×	√	Thermal
[30]	Drone	×	50 m	×	√	Thermal
[32]	Drone	×	18 m	×	√	RGB
[33]	Skyrobotic	√	50 m	×	√	Thermal
[34]	UAV	√	16 m	×	√	Thermal
[35]	UAV	√	34-56 m	×	√	Thermal
Proposed model	Drone	√	10-30 m	Water spray and lotus effect	√	√

√ refers to an element that existed. × refers to an element that did not exist.