A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a controller, the cleaner body having a dust container accommodation part formed therein; a wheel unit mounted in the cleaner body, the wheel unit of which driving is controlled by the controller; and a dust container detachably coupled to the dust container accommodation part, wherein a first opening and a second opening are disposed at the same height in an inner wall of the dust container accommodation part, wherein the dust container includes: an entrance and an exit, disposed side by side along the circumference of the dust container, the entrance and the exit, respectively communicating with the first opening and the second opening when the dust container is accommodated in the dust container accommodation part; and a flow separating part extending downwardly inclined along the inner circumference of the dust container.

The present disclosure discloses a mobile robot and a control method thereof. More particularly, when a movement is detected in an area to be cleaned, a mobile robot learns whether the detected movement is a behavior pattern of causing a foreign material or not. The mobile robot performs a suitable cleaning when the movement of causing the foreign material is found or detected later.

Provided is a cleaner system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, which comprises a terminal and a cleaner provided to be capable of wireless communication with the terminal. The cleaner comprises: a main body; a cleaning unit provided in the main body; a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an external terminal; a control unit for processing information on the cleaner; and a battery for providing power, wherein the terminal visually provides information transmitted from the cleaner to a user. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to enable a user to easily grasp information on the cleaner even if the user does not pay great attention to the cleaner, and to catch the user's attention by means of an alarm.

The invention refers to a battery pack (30) comprising a battery pack housing (32) and a battery cell (34) accommodated inside the battery housing (32) and a plurality of battery pack contacts (36) accessible from outside the battery housing (32) and electrically connected to the battery cell (34). The battery pack (30) is adapted to be electrically connected with its battery pack contacts (36) to respective electric appliance contacts (38) of an electronic appliance (2; 100) and to provide electric energy to the electronic appliance (2; 100) after connection thereto. It is suggested that the battery pack (30) comprises a card slot (40) in the battery pack housing (32) with a plurality of electric slot contacts (42) in electric contact with the battery pack contacts (36), and that the battery pack (30) comprises an electronics card (44) for releasable insertion into the card slot (40), the electronics card (44) comprising a wireless communication device (46).

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a self-cleaning control method of a cleaning device, a cleaning device, and a storage medium. The cleaning device is provided with at least one self-cleaning object. The control method includes: determining a current self-cleaning mode of the cleaning device according to a predetermined condition; and controlling the cleaning device to clean the self-cleaning object according to the determined current self-cleaning mode. Based on technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, different self-cleaning modes can be selected according to different dirt conditions of the cleaning device, thereby improving the selection flexibility of a self-cleaning mode of the cleaning device.

A handheld vacuum cleaner (10) includes a main body (22), a handle (98), and a receptacle (150) having an inlet (154). The handheld vacuum cleaner also includes a motor assembly (114) positioned within the main body, a dirty air inlet (14) positioned at a front of the handheld vacuum cleaner, a cyclonic chamber (30) in fluid communication with the dirty air inlet and the motor assembly, and a battery (138) including a first side surface (142) and a second side surface (146) opposite the first side surface. The battery is configured to be selectively received within the receptacle through the inlet. When the battery is positioned within the receptacle, each of the first side surface and the second side surface are at least 25 percent exposed through apertures at the respective first and second lateral sides (58, 62) of the main body such that the first and second side surfaces are graspable by a user.

The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a plurality of moving robots, in which by dividing an area to be cleaned into a plurality of regions, and detecting sub-regions in the respective regions, the plurality of moving robots share information on the sub-region and the respective regions, and perform cleaning alternately to reduce the waste of cleaning time.

A cleaning device having an electrical interface for interacting with an electrical counter-interface and a base station to charge the cleaning device. The cleaning device being configured to move autonomously in a processing environment, to carry out cleaning tasks, and to move into a service position with a base station. The cleaning device determines a range of service functions offered by a base station. When the cleaning device is in the service position, at least one measured value of a voltage or measured value of a voltage curve at the electrical interface provides a means of identification. This identification is used to determine the range of service functions at the base station or to identify a communication interface for use in determining the range of service functions by a data processing device. A cleaning system, a procedure, and a computer program product associated with the cleaning device is provided.

A robotic device comprising: an energy storage device; and a controller configured to determine whether a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage device is below a predetermined energy level, wherein: the robotic device is configured to perform a cleaning task if the determined quantity of energy is not below the predetermined energy level; if the determined quantity of energy is below the predetermined energy level: the controller is configured to estimate a likelihood of the robotic device being capable of locating a recharging base station; and in dependence on the estimated likelihood, the robotic device is configured to seek the recharging base station or perform the cleaning task.

Systems and methods for remote operating and/or monitoring of a robot are disclosed. In some exemplary implementations, a robot can be communicatively coupled to a remote network. The remote network can send and receive signals with the robot. In some exemplary implementations, the remote network can receive sensor data from the robot, allowing the remote network to determine the context of the robot. In this way, the remote network can respond to assistance requests and also provide operating commands to the robot.