A system for autonomously cleaning a floor has a robot having a chassis. A clean water tank and a dirty water tank are disposed within the chassis. A valve in fluid communication with the dirty water tank receives dirty water from a cleaning surface during a cleaning operation. A docking station has a platform. A docking station drain communicates with the valve for receiving contents of the dirty water tank when the robot is in the docking station. A water source communicates with the clean water tank to fill the clean water tank when the robot is in the docking station. A charging structure charges the robot when the robot is in the docking station.

A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a base, the base including a support and a suction housing, a docking station suction inlet defined in the suction housing, the docking station suction inlet being configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner, and a docking station suction motor, wherein the docking station suction motor is activated after the robotic cleaner is determined to be docked with the docking station and in response to a triggering event.

Provided is a method for operating a robot, including: capturing images of a workspace; capturing movement data indicative of movement of the robot; capturing LIDAR data as the robot performs work within the workspace; comparing at least one object from the captured images to objects in an object dictionary; identifying a class to which the at least one object belongs; generating a first iteration of a map of the workspace based on the LIDAR data; generating additional iterations of the map based on newly captured LIDAR data and newly captured movement data; actuating the robot to drive along a trajectory that follows along a planned path by providing pulses to one or more electric motors of wheels of the robot; and localizing the robot within an iteration of the map by estimating a position of the robot based on the movement data, slippage, and sensor errors.

The disclosure provides a base station for a robot cleaner to park, the base station including a storage module configured to store a wiping substrate, a collection bin configured to store a dirty wiping substrate, a wiper replacement module configured to convey the dirty wiping substrate to the collection bin, and a drawing module configured to draw out dirt stored in a dust box.

A cleaning robot system, including a cleaning robot with a cleaning module connected to the cleaning robot. The cleaning module includes a main body, connectable with a cleaning medium to wipe a working surface. The main body is provided with a connection region for connection of the cleaning medium and a demounting region for demounting of the cleaning medium, and no interconnection action occurs between the demounting region and the cleaning medium. The cleaning module of the cleaning robot effectively fixes the cleaning medium to the main body through the connection region. When the cleaning medium needs to be removed from the main body, the cleaning medium can be more easily and conveniently be demounted from the main body by means of the demounting region because no interconnection action occurs between the demounting region and the cleaning medium.

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for controlling a mopping robot, and a storage medium. The mopping robot is provided with a mopping member configured to mop a floor. The method for controlling the mopping robot includes: when a mopping robot mops the floor with the mopping member, adjusting a mopping value of the mopping member, where the mopping value is configured to indicate a degree of dirtiness of the mopping member; and if the mopping value meets a cleaning condition, performing a cleaning operation on the mopping member.

An example autonomous moving device includes a housing in which at least one moving part and a first actuator part for providing power to the moving part are accommodated; a first charging part which is disposed to be adjacent to at least a portion of the surface of the housing and which is for the wireless charging of electric power used by the device; a second actuator part for causing air to flow; a first opening, formed at one side of the housing, for discharging the air toward the first charging part in order to remove foreign material from the first charging part or around the first charging part; and a first duct part connected to the first opening from the second actuator part.

Disclosed is a cleaner comprising a cleaner body, a front wheel rotatably provided in a front portion of the cleaner body, a rear wheel rotatably provided in a rear portion of the cleaner body, a first member attached to an outer circumferential surface of the front wheel and configured to contact with a cleaning object surface, a second member attached to an outer circumferential surface of the rear wheel and configured to contact with the cleaning object surface, a front motor rotating the front wheel, a rear motor rotating the rear wheel and a controller driving the front motor and the rear motor, wherein the controller controls the front motor and the rear motor to become rotated in the opposite directions while cleaning is performed.

The present disclosure relates to the field of cleaning robot technology, and in particular to a cleaning robot system. The cleaning robot system includes a base station and a cleaning robot. The base station is independent to the cleaning robot of the cleaning robot system. The base station includes a base station body and a mop member cleaning device arranged on the base station body. The mop member cleaning device is configured to clean a mop member of the cleaning robot. Based on the base station, the cleaning robot system is capable of automatically cleaning the mop member with no need for users to change or clean the mop member frequently, which is helpful to free consumers from house cleaning, thus relieving the burden on the consumers, and also helpful to clean the mop member in time so as to ensure a better effect in next cleaning.

The present disclosure relates to the field of cleaning robot technology, and in particular to a cleaning robot system. The cleaning robot system includes a base station and a cleaning robot. The base station is independent to the cleaning robot of the cleaning robot system. The base station includes a base station body and a mop member cleaning device arranged on the base station body. The mop member cleaning device is configured to clean a mop member of the cleaning robot. Based on the base station, the cleaning robot system is capable of automatically cleaning the mop member with no need for users to change or clean the mop member frequently, which is helpful to free consumers from house cleaning, thus relieving the burden on the consumers, and also helpful to clean the mop member in time so as to ensure a better effect in next cleaning.