The use of different energy sources for heating and year-round domestic water heating is driven by the European Union’s increasingly strict environmental and climate requirements. For this reason, consumers are seeking alternatives and show growing interest in implementing installations that utilize solar energy. Modern households typically employ at least two different energy sources for this purpose. In practice, these are hybrid installations that, depending on the season, can operate with one, two, or more energy sources. The system examined in this paper is of this type, comprising a pellet boiler, solar vacuum tubes, and electric heaters. Managing such a system is complex, and based on the conducted studies, process optimization can be pursued. This report presents an artificial neural network (ANN) model developed to predict the behavior of a real solar installation for domestic hot water heating during the summer season. This study aims, through the obtained model, to forecast the system’s performance during transitional periods such as autumn and spring, thereby enabling more efficient control.

Modeling an artificial neural network to predict the behavior of a heating and domestic hot water system in a residential building is the basis of this report. The heating system includes three types of energy sources: biofuel, solar, and electricity. During transitional seasons, such as spring and autumn, it is possible to use all three sources periodically or simultaneously, which leads to increased consumption and inefficiency in the system. In order to study the dynamics of the process and optimize the control, a monitoring system based on Raspberry Pi Pico W was developed. Data on the operating parameters of the boiler, tank, and radiator is transmitted in real-time to the ThingSpeak cloud platform, using the free access option that requires only registration. Due to the reinforced concrete structure of the building, the local Wi-Fi connection drops at times, so an additional router was added. Although individual values from the data are missing, they can be used to obtain graphs of the transient process. The data received in the platform does not arrive evenly due to the time required for transmission. The artificial neural network was created in MATLAB (v2025, MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA) and uses the raw data to predict changes in the processes. The missing fragments of the data have no impact, and a good match of the actual values with the predicted values was obtained for the tank and radiator, while for the boiler, the match was satisfactory.

The present work is aimed at developing and researching a robotic arm with five degrees of freedom, manufactured using 3D-printing technology and controlled by an ESP32 microcontroller. This technology is increasingly used in robotics, especially in the educational process, due to the possibilities for rapid prototyping, modification and restoration of individual components. In the development process, the mechanical, hardware and software parts of the system were implemented, and a basic kinematic analysis of the manipulator was performed. A control program was created, allowing the performance of “pick and place” tasks, as well as visualization and manual control through a developed application. The results obtained show that the developed system provides sufficient functionality and flexibility for use in robotics training, while at the same time allowing expansion and upgrading with additional functionalities. The main contribution of the work lies in the implementation of an accessible and adaptable robotic platform, suitable for educational and experimental purposes.