Disclosed are an area cleaning planning method for robot walking along the boundary, a chip and a robot. The area cleaning planning method includes: on a laser map which is scanned and constructed by a robot in real time, the robot is controlled to walk along the boundary in a predefined cleaning area framed at the current planning starting point position, so that the robot does not cross out the predefined cleaning area in the process of walking along the boundary; meanwhile, according to the division condition of the room cleaning subareas that conform to the preset wall environment condition in the predefined cleaning area, the robot is controlled to walk along the boundary in a matched area, when the robot walks along the boundary in the matched area and returns to the planning starting point position, the robot is controlled to perform planned cleaning in the matched area.

A system and a method for generating three-dimensional scan data of areas of interest, the method comprising a user defining the areas of interest using a mobile device in the environment, and a scanning device performing a scanning procedure at each defined area of interest to generate the scan data of the respective area of interest, wherein defining the areas of interest comprises, for each area of interest, generating identification data, wherein generating the identification data at least comprises generating image data of the respective area of interest, and the scanning procedure at each defined area of interest is performed by a mobile robot comprising the scanning device and being configured for autonomously performing a scan of a surrounding area using the scanning device, the mobile robot having a SLAM functionality for simultaneous localization and mapping and being configured to autonomously move through the environment using the SLAM functionality.

A kit is described for enabling an unskilled operator to set up an edge or cloud-connected autonomous distributed deposition robot (ADDR) 10 within minutes of unboxing, autonomously define a deposition zone 120 by following an automated instruction guide to accurately place a smart scanner 210 and other identifiable target objects 220 over a surface, and to use the ADDR and an accompanying Cloud-based automated deposition management software platform to print a design, or otherwise deposit material, accurately over an area such as a sports pitch. The system can also be used to deposit paint, ink, fertiliser, plant seeds or other necessary payload at a particular geographic reference location, indoor or outdoor.

Systems and methods are described for reacting to a feature in an environment of a robot based on a classification of the feature. A system can detect the feature in the environment using a first sensor on the robot. For example, the system can detect the feature using a feature detection system based on sensor data from a camera. The system can detect a mover in the environment using a second sensor on the robot. For example, the system can detect the mover using a mover detection system based on sensor data from a lidar sensor. The system can fuse the data from detecting the feature and detecting the mover to produce fused data. The system can classify the feature based on the fused data and react to the feature based on classifying the feature.

A moving object movable by remote control comprises: a moving object communication unit for receiving a request for driving control from outside the moving object; a driving controller capable of implementing driving control over the moving object in response to the request for driving control during a course of manufacture in a factory for manufacture of the moving object; a signal detection unit for detecting an disablement signal at a predetermined place along a moving route of the moving object; and an disablement implementation unit that performs an disablement process for disabling the remote control if a first condition is fulfilled. The first condition includes an event that the disablement signal is detected or an event that the disablement signal having been detected becomes no longer detected.

A technique that can prevent conveyance of a moving object from delaying when the moving object stops during autonomous driving by a remote operation. A control device includes a switching execution unit that, when a predetermined first switching condition is satisfied, switches a driving mode of the moving object from a remote autonomous driving mode to a remote manual driving mode, and the first switching condition includes as a condition a case where, during running in the remote autonomous driving mode, the moving object falls in at least one state of (1a) a first state where a state of the moving object has become an abnormal state, (1b) a second state where a moving object has intruded a surrounding area set in advance to surroundings of the moving object, and (1c) a third state where a failure has occurred during the running in the remote autonomous driving mode.

An automatic traveling method includes causing a work vehicle to automatically travel along a target route in a work field, and executing a correction operation of correcting a deviation using a shift amount of the work vehicle generated in the past correction operation when the deviation including at least a positional deviation or an azimuth deviation of the work vehicle with respect to the target route exceeds a threshold.

A path planning system for an agricultural machine to automatically travel inside and outside a field includes a storage to store a map of a region including fields and roads, and a processor to generate a path for the agricultural machine on the map. The map includes attribute information representing, for each of the roads, at least one of whether the road is an agricultural road, whether the road is a road along a specific feature, or whether the road is a road where satellite signals from GNSS satellites are receivable. The processor is configured or programmed to generate at least one of a path including an agricultural road with priority, a path including a road along the specific feature with priority, or a path including, with priority, a road where the satellite signals are receivable, as the path for the agricultural machine based on the attribute information.

An operation management system including a computer configured to manage operations of registered mobilities. The computer stores road surface information in association with a position in map data based on at least a detection result of a surroundings monitoring device and positional information received from a measurement mobility. The computer stores, as a detail detection area, at least one of a poor detection area in the map data in which detection of the road surface information by the measurement mobility is poor and a predetermined area in the map data. The computer transmits, to the measurement mobility that is scheduled to travel or that is traveling the detail detection area, a speed change command, such that the measurement mobility, which travels at a normal command speed by automated driving, travels the detail detection area at a specific speed lower than the normal command speed.

A control system is configured to execute system control of controlling a system including a mobile robot that is configured to autonomously move and on which a user operation is executed. The system includes a light emission unit. The control system includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the system control. The system control includes light emission control of causing the light emission unit to emit light in different light emission patterns associated with each of a plurality of predetermined conditions. At least one of the plurality of predetermined conditions is a recommendation condition that is a predetermined condition for recommending a user operation on the mobile robot or a non-recommendation condition that is a predetermined condition for not recommending a user operation on the mobile robot.