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 stand for a cleaner is capable of holding and charging selectively a cleaner body or a battery. The stand for a cleaner includes a first charging terminal configured to be electrically connected to a cleaner body, a second charging terminal configured to be electrically connected to a battery, and a battery guide configured to guide the battery. The battery guide guides the cleaner body to be connected to the first charging terminal when the battery is mounted to the cleaner body, and is configured to guide the battery to be connected to the second charging terminal when the battery is separated from the cleaner body.

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 disclosure relates to a cleaning robot, controlling method thereof, and cleaning robot charging system, and more particularly, to a technology for a cleaning robot to select a charging device by taking into account whether the charging device is occupied and a distance to the charging device when the charging device is returning to the charging device for charging. The cleaning robot includes a main body; a movement module moving the main body; a communication module configured to request identification information of a charging device occupied by another cleaning robot to the other cleaning robot; and a controller configured to determine a charging device not occupied by the other cleaning robot based on the identification information of the charging device received from the other cleaning robot through the communication module, and to control the movement module to move the main body to the non-occupied charging device.

Provided is a charging device for charging a wireless manual cleaner and a robot cleaner. The charging device includes a first charger comprising a first charging terminal connected to a charging terminal of the manual cleaner, and a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive information to and from the manual cleaner; a second charger comprising a second charging terminal connected to a charging terminal of the robot cleaner, and a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive information to and from the robot cleaner; and a communication line configured to electrically connect the first transceiver and the second transceiver to each other.

A vacuum cleaner assembly basically includes a vacuum body, a first power source, an accessory, and a second power source. The first power source is configured to create flow through a suction path. The accessory is configured to be removably connected to the vacuum body. The second power source is configured to power the accessory. Each of the first and second power sources is configured to share power with the other of the first and second power sources.

A cleaner, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a cleaner main body comprising a suction motor, a dustbin and a battery; a suction nozzle having formed thereon an opening part for suctioning in external air; and an extension tube for connecting the cleaner main body and the suction nozzle. The suction nozzle comprises: a housing forming the exterior and the opening part of the suction nozzle; a rotational cleaning unit accommodated in the housing and cleaning a surface being cleaned by means of a rotational operation; a motor inserted in one side of the rotational cleaning unit so as to rotate same; a suction nozzle battery for supplying power for driving the motor; and a wireless power receiving unit connected to the suction nozzle battery so as to provide same with power supplied by an external wireless power transmission unit.

A cleaner hanger assembly, comprising a hanger (30), a charging bottom plate (20), an accessory frame (40), a hanger column (50) and a base (60). The charging bottom plate (20) can be used in cooperation with the hanger (30), so that a charging operation can be performed while the cleaner is hung on the hanger (30) whether when the cleaner is in a hanging state or in a floor-standing state, and the charging bottom plate (20) can also be detached for separate use. The hanger (30) can be connected to the accessory frame (40) to form a wall hanger assembly; or the hanger (30) can be connected to the base (60) by means of the hanger column (50), and the accessory frame (40) is fixed in the middle of the hanger column (50) to form a floor-standing hanger assembly.