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Smart Solar Panel Cleaner with Integrated Water Tank and Tracked Mobility

Priyanshu Kumar1 Anuradha Soam2 Aditya Raj Singh3 Devansh Chauhan4 Saurabh Khattar*5
12345Department of Electrical Engineering, Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. *Corresponding Author

Published Online: March-April 2025

Pages: 62-67

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