A dirt collecting box assembly includes a dirt collecting box and a separating device. The dirt collecting box defines a dirt inlet, an air outlet, and a cavity, and the cavity communicates between the dirt inlet and the air outlet. The separating device is installed in the cavity of the dirt collecting box and is close to a top of the cavity. The separating device communicates between the dirt inlet and the air outlet. The air outlet communicates a fan assembly, and the fan assembly is configured to generate negative pressure through the air outlet, such that waste water enters the separating device via the dirt inlet under the negative pressure, and enters the cavity of the dirt collecting box after solid-liquid separation of the separating device.

The present application provides a garbage collection system for a sweeping robot, including a base for placing the sweeping robot and a dust collecting box body connected to the base for collecting garbage in a sweeping robot storage box, an air duct is arranged in the base, and an inlet end of the air duct is aligned with the sweeping robot storage box; an inner chamber of the dust collecting box body comprises a transition chamber, a storage chamber and a power chamber, a blower is arranged in the power chamber, the power chamber communicates with the storage chamber, a dust filter element for filtering garbage is arranged in the storage chamber; a transmission channel is formed in the transition chamber.

A cleaning robot according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a traveling motor configured to generate a driving force for traveling; a cleaning module changing unit configured to selectively activate any one of at least one cleaning module; a sensing unit configured to sense characteristics of a floor surface; and a processor configured to perform a cleaning operation of cleaning the floor surface by controlling the cleaning module changing unit to activate any one of the at least one cleaning module based on the sensed characteristics of the floor surface, wherein the processor is configured to: sense characteristics of a contaminant present on the floor surface by using the sensing unit while performing the cleaning operation; and control the cleaning module changing unit to change or maintain the activated cleaning module based on the sensed characteristics of the contaminant.

Provided is a cleaning system including: a robot cleaner including a dust collecting device having a dirt outlet and an outlet door configured to open and close the dirt outlet; and a station including a collecting device configured to generate a suction force to suction dirt of the duct collecting device and a lever device provided with a lever configured to be fixable to the outlet door as the outlet door is being opened to allow the collecting device and the dust collecting device to communicate with each other, and a lever driving source configured to generate power for driving the lever.

A docking station, a mobile robot, and a mobile robot management method for controlling a docking station and a mobile robot are provided. The mobile robot includes a management method wherein, in order to display information associated with a docking station to an output device of a mobile robot or transmit the information to a user terminal device connected to the mobile robot, the mobile robot transmits, to the user terminal device, information received from the docking station.

A method for operating a cleaning system with a plurality of mobile cleaning devices and a base station for the cleaning devices as well as a base station for a plurality of mobile cleaning devices are proposed, wherein the cleaning devices can be emptied by the base station and/or filled with a cleaning agent by the base station simultaneously and/or according to a prioritization. In addition, a filter apparatus for a base station is proposed which has a plurality of connection openings in order to be able to empty a plurality of cleaning devices.

An optical beacon may include a housing, an optical emitter at least partially disposed within the housing, and an optical identifier generator optically coupled to the optical emitter. Light incident on the optical identifier generator may be shaped into at least one optical identifier. The optical identifier may be associated with an action capable of being carried out by a robotic cleaner such that detection of the optical identifier by the robotic cleaner causes the robotic cleaner to carry out the action.

A robotic cleaning system may include a robotic cleaner having a robotic cleaner dust cup and a docking station having a docking station dust cup configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner dust cup. The docking station dust cup may include a first debris collection chamber, a second debris collection chamber fluidly coupled to the first debris collection chamber, and a filter fluidly coupled to the first debris collection chamber and the second debris collection chamber.

The present application provides a debris bin assembly including: a debris bin housing and a debris discharge valve; the debris bin housing includes an inner cavity, and an air inlet, a debris outlet, and at least one air guide portion that are disposed in communication with the inner cavity, and the air inlet is in communication with a debris inlet channel of the cleaning robot; the debris discharge valve is disposed at the debris outlet and configured to open the debris outlet to evacuate debris from the inner cavity in response to a vacuum negative pressure, and to close the debris outlet after the vacuum negative pressure is withdrawn; the at least one air guide portion is configured for being in communication with an external air and configured to guide a debris discharging airflow into the inner cavity in response to the vacuum negative pressure in the debris outlet.

The disclosure provides a debris bin assembly, a cleaning robot and a cleaning robot system, the debris bin assembly includes a debris bin housing, a filter assembly, and a flow guide plate, the debris bin housing includes a top portion and a bottom portion disposed opposite to the top portion, and a side housing surrounding the top portion and the bottom portion, the top portion, the bottom portion and the side housing are enclosed to form an inner cavity, the top portion of the debris bin housing is provided with an air exhaust channel communicating with the inner cavity and an air outlet communicating with the air exhaust channel, the side housing is provided with an air inlet communicating with the inner cavity, the air inlet inclines towards a side where the top portion is located, the filter assembly is disposed in the air exhaust channel of the top portion, the flow guide plate is located in the inner cavity and is disposed opposite to the air inlet, the flow guide plate extends from the top portion to the bottom portion and is configured for intercepting, decelerating and laterally guiding air flow entering from the air inlet, so as to decelerate and laterally guide air flow carrying debris, which avoids debris directly impacting a filter screen at a high speed and attaching to it, and consequently, a problem that the filter screen is easily blocked is solved.