A47L11/4038

Methods for setting and programming zoning for use by autonomous modular robots

Methods and software for setting parameters for operating a modular robot are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a server, communications data from a controller of the modular robot. The modular robot has storage for storing program instructions for executing autonomous movement at a location. The method includes sending, by the server, an initial outline for the controller to generate calibrated mapping data for the location. The calibrated mapping data identifies an outline at the location. The method includes sending, by the server, identification of at least two zones at the location, where the at least two zones define different areas at the location. The controller of the modular robot is configured to use the calibrated mapping data for said autonomous movement at the location and the controller is configured to operate a respective work function in each of the at least two zones.

BASE STATION AND CLEANING ROBOT SYSTEM

The present disclosure relates to the field of cleaning robot technology, and in particular to a base station which is adapted for cooperating with a cleaning robot having a mop member that is configured to mop a floor, the base station includes a base station body and a mop member cleaning device arranged on the base station body, and the mop member cleaning device being configured to clean the mop member; the base station further includes a cleaning fluid supply device configured to supply cleaning fluid for cleaning the mop member; and a dirty fluid collection device configured to collect the cleaning fluid after the base station cleaning the mop member.

ROBOT CLEANER AND ROBOT CLEANING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD OF ROBOT CLEANING SYSTEM
20230255430 · 2023-08-17 · ·

Disclosed are a robot cleaner capable of controlling a water pump of a robot cleaner by a user input through an external control device, a robot cleaning system having the same, and a control method of the robot cleaning system. According to the present invention, user convenience is increased since the amount of water supplied to the mop of the robot cleaner can be controlled according to a cleaning environment, cleaning efficiency is improved by controlling the water pump to quickly wet the mop of the robot cleaner at the beginning of a cleaning operation, and the robot cleaner can be hygienically managed since a user controls the water pump to discharge residual water inside the robot cleaner.

ROBOT CLEANER, CONTROL SYSTEM OF ROBOT CLEANER AND CONTROL METHOD OF ROBOT CLEANER
20230255432 · 2023-08-17 · ·

The present invention relates to a robot cleaner, a control system of a robot cleaner and a control method of a robot cleaner, and the invention includes a robot cleaner that stores a map including information on a drivable area of a cleaning area and drives in the cleaning area and a terminal that inputs a cleaning command to the robot cleaner, the terminal setting a virtual designated area on the map in response to a user input, the robot cleaner moving to the designated area and driving within the designated area when the designated area is set from the terminal, and thus, the invention has the effect of intensively cleaning the designated area arbitrarily designated by a user.

ROBOT CLEANER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
20230255435 · 2023-08-17 · ·

Provided is a robot cleaner that travels along a virtual traveling line connecting a start point to a predetermined target point in a straight line. The robot cleaner includes a body having formed therein a space for accommodating a battery, a water container, and a motor, and a pair of rotation plates that have coupled to lower sides thereof, mopping cloths facing a floor surface, and are rotatably disposed on a bottom surface of the body, in which when a shortest distance between the body and the traveling line is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference distance, rotation speeds of the pair of rotation plates are different from each other.

ROBOT CLEANER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
20230255431 · 2023-08-17 · ·

Provided is a robot cleaner that includes a body having formed therein a space for accommodating a battery, a water container, and a motor, a pair of rotation plates that have coupled to lower sides thereof, mopping cloths facing a floor surface, and are rotatably disposed on a bottom surface of the body, and a virtual connection line connecting rotation axes of the pair of rotation plates to each other, in which a midpoint of the connection line moves while drawing a trajectory in a closed curve form on the floor surface in rotary traveling, thereby preventing a center of rotation of the robot cleaner from moving away from an origin of rotation.

ROBOT CLEANER
20230255436 · 2023-08-17 ·

Disclosed herein is a robot cleaner. The robot cleaner includes a body, a drive unit provided in the body to power the robot cleaner to travel, and a plurality of rotating members, each rotating about its axis of rotation by the power of the drive unit, a cleaner section being fixable to each of the rotating members to perform wet cleaning on a surface to be cleaned, wherein each of the rotating members has a predetermined angle of tilt and angle of rotation set, so as to determine a traveling direction of the robot cleaner.

DRIVE COUPLER FOR POWER SCRUBBER
20220133025 · 2022-05-05 ·

A power tool includes a power head receiving power from a power source. A drive coupled to the power head extends along a longitudinal axis, and the drive is engaged with a connector. Various aspects relate to the connector. The connector includes an internal bore configured to couple to the drive to a shank of a working tool. The connector further includes an external lobe protruding radially outward from the longitudinal axis, the lobe having a locking mechanism configured to secure the second working tool in response to relative movement between the lobe and the second working tool in both an axial direction and a rotational direction.

Robotic cleaner with sweeper and rotating dusting pads

An autonomous floor cleaner can include a brush chamber, a brushroll rotatably mounted in the brush chamber, a controller for controlling the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner; and a fluid delivery system with a supply tank and at least one fluid distributor configured to deposit cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned.

NOZZLE OF CLEANER

A nozzle of a cleaner includes a nozzle body, a rotation cleaning part having a rotation plate to which a rag is attached, a driving device provided in the nozzle body, a water tank, a water supply passage, and a water adjuster of which at least a portion is mounted on the nozzle body at a rear side thereof so as to be exposed to a rear surface or a top surface of the nozzle body. A user standing on the same floor surface as the nozzle body may manipulate the water adjuster by using his or her foot. The water adjuster can adjust an on/off operation and a rotational speed (e.g., rpm) of the pump motor.