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公开(公告)号:US20180304463A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-25
申请号:US16021910
申请日:2018-06-28
Applicant: F Robotics Acquisitions Ltd.
Inventor: Karni Wolowelsky , Shai Abramson
CPC classification number: B25J9/1666 , B25J5/00 , B25J9/0003 , B25J9/163 , B25J9/1694 , G05D1/0221 , G05D1/0246 , G05D1/0274 , G05D1/028 , G05D2201/0203 , G05D2201/0208 , G05D2201/0215 , Y10S901/01
Abstract: A domestic robotic system includes a robot and data storage operable to store data defining a boundary of a working area, the robot includes a payload actuable to perform work on a portion of the working area adjacent the robot, at least one processor, a first positioning system, one or more sensors operable to sense directly the boundary of the working area and a current distance of the robot thereto, a second positioning system, which uses data from the sensors. The processor is programmed to operate in (i) an area coverage mode, wherein the processor, using the first positioning system and the stored data defining the boundary of the working area, navigates the robot around the working area, with the payload active, and (ii) a boundary proximity mode, wherein the processor, using the second positioning system, navigates the robot around the working area, in proximity to the boundary.
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公开(公告)号:US20180184583A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-05
申请号:US15395865
申请日:2016-12-30
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Russell Walter Morin , Travis Pierce , Chris Bradley
CPC classification number: A01D34/008 , G05D2201/0208
Abstract: In one aspect, a mobile robot includes a chassis, a shell moveably mounted on the chassis by a shell suspension system, and a sensor assembly configured to sense a distance and a direction of shell movement relative to the chassis. The sensor assembly includes a magnet disposed on an underside of the shell. The sensor assembly further includes three or more Hall effect sensors disposed on the chassis in a triangular pattern at fixed distances such that the three or more Hall effect sensors are positioned beneath the magnet when no force is applied to the shell, wherein relative motion between the magnet and the Hall effect sensors causes the sensors to produce differing output signals. The mobile robot also includes a controller configured to receive output signals from the Hall effect sensors and to determine a distance and a direction of movement of the shell relative to the chassis.
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公开(公告)号:US09931750B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-03
申请号:US15355518
申请日:2016-11-18
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: David A. Cohen , Daniel N. Ozick , Clara Vu , James Lynch , Philip R. Mass
IPC: H02J7/00 , B25J9/16 , A47L9/00 , A47L9/28 , G05D1/02 , H02J7/04 , G01S1/16 , G01S1/70 , B25J5/00 , B25J11/00 , B25J19/00 , B60L11/18
CPC classification number: B25J9/1664 , A47L9/0063 , A47L9/009 , A47L9/2805 , A47L9/2852 , A47L9/2857 , A47L9/2873 , A47L9/2889 , A47L9/2894 , A47L2201/02 , A47L2201/022 , A47L2201/04 , B25J5/00 , B25J11/0085 , B25J19/005 , B60L11/1816 , G01S1/16 , G01S1/70 , G05D1/0219 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0227 , G05D1/0242 , G05D2201/0203 , G05D2201/0208 , G05D2201/0215 , H02J7/0026 , H02J7/0036 , H02J7/0044 , H02J7/0045 , H02J7/0052 , H02J7/045 , Y10S901/01
Abstract: A method for energy management in a robotic device includes providing a base station for mating with the robotic device, determining a quantity of energy stored in an energy storage unit of the robotic device, and performing a predetermined task based at least in part on the quantity of energy stored. Also disclosed are systems for emitting avoidance signals to prevent inadvertent contact between the robot and the base station, and systems for emitting homing signals to allow the robotic device to accurately dock with the base station.
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公开(公告)号:US20180064025A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15799114
申请日:2017-10-31
Applicant: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
Inventor: Gianni Borinato
IPC: A01D34/00 , A01B69/04 , B60L11/18 , G05D1/00 , A01D101/00
CPC classification number: A01D34/008 , A01B69/008 , A01D2101/00 , B60L53/60 , B60L2200/22 , B60L2260/32 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0242 , G05D1/0255 , G05D1/0261 , G05D1/0278 , G05D2201/0208 , Y02T10/7005 , Y02T10/7072 , Y02T90/121 , Y02T90/128 , Y02T90/14 , Y02T90/163
Abstract: A robotic mowing system that includes a station and a robotic mower. The robotic mower has a controller and a memorizer, the memorizer stores a working procedure, and after receiving a start command input by a user, the controller executes the working procedure, so as to control the robotic mower to automatically and repeatedly mow and return to the station to be charged until the controller receives a stop command. In this way, the user does not need to input working parameters, and costs are relatively low.
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公开(公告)号:US09876370B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-23
申请号:US15080250
申请日:2016-03-24
Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Makoto Yamamura , Toshiaki Kawakami , Jin Nishimura , Yuki Matsui
CPC classification number: H02J7/0027 , B60L11/1816 , B60L11/1833 , B60L2230/10 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0265 , G05D2201/0208 , Y02T10/7005 , Y02T10/7088 , Y02T90/121 , Y02T90/125 , Y02T90/14
Abstract: In a charging station for charging a battery installed on an autonomously navigating utility vehicle equipped with a prime mover powered by the battery to travel about a working area delineated by a boundary wire, there are provided with a pair of charging terminals installed on the station to be capable of connecting with a pair of charging terminals installed on the vehicle, a first wire installed on the station at a location inside of the working area and being formed as a circular shape having a center, and a second wire installed on the station to be formed as a shape that is symmetrical with respect to a center line obtained by connecting a midpoint of the terminals and the center of the first wire.
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公开(公告)号:US09874876B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-23
申请号:US15016176
申请日:2016-02-04
Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Hideaki Shimamura
CPC classification number: G05D1/0265 , A01D34/008 , G05D1/0219 , G05D2201/0208
Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling operation of an autonomously navigating utility vehicle travelling about a working area delineated by a boundary wire, the working area including a narrow area and a broad area, there are provided with a magnetic field strength detector, a travel controlling unit controlling the vehicle to turn and travel straight forward every time the vehicle reaches the boundary wire based on the magnetic field strength, and a narrow area discriminating unit discriminating that the vehicle travels in the narrow area when the magnetic field strength is kept to be greater than a threshold value predefined based on a minimum value of the magnetic field strength in the narrow area from a first turn to a second turn of the vehicle, or for a predetermined time period after the first turn.
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公开(公告)号:US20170351260A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-07
申请号:US15538400
申请日:2015-11-26
Applicant: HUSQVARNA AB
Inventor: Mikael Willgert , Mattias Kamfors
CPC classification number: G05D1/027 , A01D34/008 , G05D2201/0208
Abstract: A robotic work tool system (200) comprising a robotic work tool (100) comprising a collision detection sensor (190), said collision detection sensor (190) comprising a first sensor element (191) and a plurality of second sensor elements (192), wherein said first sensor element (191) is movably arranged with respect to said plurality of second sensor elements (192), wherein said robotic work tool (100) is configured to detect that said first sensor element (191) is proximate a peripheral second sensor element (192) and in response thereto determine that a collision has been detected, and detect that said first sensor element (191) is not proximate any peripheral second sensor element (192) and in response thereto determine that a lift has been detected.
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公开(公告)号:US20170285652A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-05
申请号:US15473443
申请日:2017-03-29
Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Hideaki Shimamura , Yuki Matsui
CPC classification number: G05D1/0265 , A01D34/008 , A01D34/63 , A01D34/78 , A01D69/02 , A01D2101/00 , B60K1/02 , B60K7/0007 , B60K2001/0416 , B60L15/2036 , B60L50/50 , B60L53/16 , B60L2200/40 , B60L2210/30 , B60L2260/32 , B60R16/0207 , B60R21/0136 , B60R2021/01013 , G01C21/08 , G05D1/0214 , G05D2201/0208 , Y02T10/645 , Y02T10/7005 , Y02T10/72 , Y02T10/7275
Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling operation of a utility vehicle that detects a magnetic field generated by electric current flowing through a boundary wire of a working area and is driven to run within the working area based on the detected magnetic field, having left and right magnetic sensor installed at lateral right and left positions of the vehicle to produce outputs proportional to strength of the magnetic field, turning mode is switched between gentle turning mode to make the vehicle turn while running near the boundary wire and sharp turning mode to make the vehicle pause near the boundary wire and then turn, when it is determined from the outputs of the magnetic sensors that the vehicle approaches the boundary wire, each time predetermined conditions are satisfied, and operation of the prime mover is controlled such that the vehicle turns in accordance with the switched turning mode.
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公开(公告)号:US20170153648A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-01
申请号:US15115282
申请日:2014-01-30
Applicant: HUSQVARNA AB
Inventor: Ludvig Sjöholm
CPC classification number: G05D1/0265 , A01D34/008 , B60L1/003 , B60L11/14 , B60L11/18 , B60L11/1805 , B60L11/1816 , B60L11/1818 , B60L11/1824 , B60L15/2036 , B60L2200/40 , B60L2220/46 , B60L2240/62 , B60L2250/10 , B60L2260/32 , G05D1/0276 , G05D2201/0208 , Y02T10/645 , Y02T10/70 , Y02T10/7005 , Y02T10/7072 , Y02T10/7077 , Y02T10/72 , Y02T10/7275 , Y02T10/7291 , Y02T90/121 , Y02T90/14 , Y02T90/16 , Y02T90/162
Abstract: A robotic work tool system (200) comprising a signal generator (240), a boundary wire (250) and a robotic work tool (100), said boundary wire being adapted to demark a work area (205), said signal generator (240) being arranged to transmit a control signal (255) through said boundary wire (250), and said robotic work tool (100) comprising at least one sensor (170) for detecting said control signal (255) being transmitted through the boundary wire (250). The robotic work tool system (200) is characterized in that said pulse signal (255) comprises at least one first pulse train (256) being transmitted at a first amplitude (C1) and at least one second pulse train (257) being transmitted at a second amplitude (C2), wherein said first amplitude (C1) and second amplitude (C2) being arranged so that said first amplitude (C1) is greater than said amplitude level (C2) and a sum of the amplitudes (C1, C2) for all pulse trains (256, 257) over time falls below a threshold value.
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公开(公告)号:US20170120445A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-04
申请号:US15407576
申请日:2017-01-17
Applicant: HUSQVARNA AB
Inventor: Peter Reigo , Patrik Jägenstedt , Magnus Öhrlund
CPC classification number: B25J9/1643 , A01D34/008 , B25J9/1664 , G05D1/0219 , G05D1/0265 , G05D1/0274 , G05D1/0278 , G05D2201/0208 , Y10S901/01 , Y10S901/09
Abstract: A robotic work tool system, comprising a robotic work tool, said robotic work tool comprising a controller being configured to cause said robotic work tool to operate in a first operating mode, which first operating mode is based on a current position, said current position being determined based on signals received from a position determining device, such as Global Navigation Satellite System device; determine that said received signals are not reliable, and in response thereto cause said robotic work tool to operate according to second operating mode, which second operating mode is not based on a current position being determined based on said received signals.
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