Abstract:
A battery charging station, for a robot, includes a base, two side-walls barriers, a stop, a supporting arm, a charging connector, and a transmitter. The side-walls barriers are separately mounted on the base. The stop is mounted on the back of the base to form a docking space together with the barriers and the base. The supporting arm is cantilever mounted on the stop by one free end thereof with the other end extending into the space over the docking space. The charging connector is mounted on the free end of the supporting arm and is configured for providing an electrical connection between the robot and a power source. The transmitter is positioned on the upper surface of the supporting arm and is configured for emitting signals for the robot to locate the re battery charging station.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a system for automatically exchanging cleaning tools of a robot cleaner and a method therefor. The system for automatically exchanging the cleaning tools of the robot cleaner includes the robot cleaner for deciding whether a currently-mounted first cleaning tool is suitable for a bottom state of a cleaning area, and returning to and being docked on an exchange unit when the first cleaning tool is not suitable for the bottom state, and the exchange unit for exchanging the first cleaning tool currently mounted on the robot cleaner with a second cleaning tool suitable for the bottom state when the robot cleaner is docked.
Abstract:
An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning assembly housing and at least one driven sweeper brush. The robot includes a controller and a removable sweeper bin configured to receive debris agitated by the driven sweeper brush. The sweeper bin includes an emitter disposed on an interior surface of the bin and a receiver disposed remotely from the emitter on the interior surface of the bin and configured to receive an emitter signal. The emitter and the receiver are disposed such that a threshold level of accumulation of debris in the sweeper bin blocks the receiver from receiving emitter emissions. The robot includes a bin controller disposed in the sweeper bin and monitoring a detector signal and initiating a bin full routine upon determining a bin debris accumulation level requiring service.
Abstract:
A system includes a docking station, for location on a surface to be worked, and a self-propelled working tool. The station has a primary transmission part. The tool has a body, a surface-engaging wheel, and a secondary transmission part. The station and the tool can establish contact with each other and the tool can drive up to the station and achieve a docking position wherein the transmission parts contact and cooperate. In one aspect, the secondary transmission part is located on an upper portion of the body. In another aspect, the station includes a part spaced upwardly away from the surface, with the primary transmission part located thereon and directed downwardly. In another aspect, a portion of the body is located beneath a portion of the part upon which the primary part is located and the wheel remains engaged with the surface when in the docking position.
Abstract:
A docking system (1) which essentially comprises at least one docking station (2) for at least one self-propelled working tool (3), and includes the working tool (3) itself, preferably intended for attendance of ground or floor, such as grass-cutting, moss-scratching, watering, vacuum-cleaning, polishing etc. The docking station and the tool can by way of emitted signals establish contact with each other, so that the tool can drive up to the docking station, and the docking station is provided with at least one first transmission part (5, 6; 5′, 6′) for transmission of energy and/or information between the docking station and the working tool, which is provided with at least one co-operating second transmission part (7, 8). The docking station is designed as a base plate (9), intended to be placed on ground or floor, and provided with at least one rising part (10, 11, 12, 13), of which at least one part is used for mounting of the transmission part(s), and the docking station is so adapted that the tool with any part, such as wheel(s) (15), or body (16), can drive up on the docking station.
Abstract in simplified Chinese:本发明系为一种导引式清洁设备与导引式清洁组,导引式清洁组包括信号发射器及导引式清洁设备,信号发射器能发出至少一第一发射信号,而导引式清洁设备包括机体、复数个第一信号接收器、至少一移动组件、至少一驱动组件以及控制单元,各第一信号接收器系在信号接收范围内接收第一发射信号,而产生第一接收信号,且各移动组件连接到对应之驱动组件,控制单元连接第一信号接收器以及驱动组件,接收并根据第一接收信号以分别产生对应的第一控制信号,以驱动对应之驱动组件,因而使移动组件带动机体朝向第一发射信号的方向移动。
Abstract in simplified Chinese:本发明系提供一种开饮机单元,其系于有限之居住空间中容易确保放置场所,且兼备开饮机与自走式清洁机器人。开饮机单元(1)包含开饮机(3)与自走式清洁机器人(4),且于开饮机(3)之下部,设置有供自走式清洁机器人(4)自走而出入之机器人收容开口(7),于该机器人收容开口(7)之内部设置有充电终端(37)。
Abstract in simplified Chinese:本发明之清扫机器人系具备:本体框体2,其系于下表面开有吸入口6,并于上表面开有排气口7,且于地板F上自走;电动送风机22,其配置于本体框体2内;及集尘部30,其系收集借由电动送风机22之驱动而自吸入口6吸入之气流之尘埃;且将除去了尘埃之气流自排气口7向上方排出。
Abstract:
A system of robotic cleaning devices and a method of a master robotic cleaning device of controlling at least one slave robotic cleaning device. The method performed by a master robotic cleaning device of controlling at least one slave robotic cleaning device includes detecting obstacles, deriving positional data from the detection of obstacles, positioning the master robotic cleaning device with respect to the detected obstacles from the derived positional data, controlling movement of the master robotic cleaning device based on the positional data, and submitting commands to the at least one slave robotic cleaning device to control a cleaning operation of said at least one slave robotic cleaning device, the commands being based on the derived positional data, wherein the cleaning operation of the slave robotic cleaning device is controlled as indicated by the submitted commands.