A autonomous robotic golf caddy which is capable of following a portable receiver at a pre-determined distance, and which is capable of sensing a potential impending collision with an object in its path and stop prior to said potential impending collision.

An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis having forward and rearward portions and a drive system carried by the chassis. The forward portion of the chassis defines a substantially rectangular shape. The robot includes a cleaning assembly mounted on the forward portion of the chassis and a bin disposed adjacent the cleaning assembly and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. A bin cover is pivotally attached to a lower portion of the chassis and configured to rotate between a first, closed position providing closure of an opening defined by the bin and a second, open position providing access to the bin opening. The robot includes a body attached to the chassis and a handle disposed on an upper portion of the body. A bin cover release is actuatable from substantially near the handle.

A control device for a vehicle includes an external force information acquisition unit configured to acquire external force information on external force acting on a vehicle that is an autonomous vehicle, an external force determination unit configured to determine a kind of the external force by using the external force information, and a traveling control signal generation unit configured to generate a traveling control signal for the vehicle in accordance with the kind of the external force.

A control device for a vehicle includes an external force information acquisition unit configured to acquire external force information on external force acting on a vehicle that is an autonomous vehicle, an external force determination unit configured to determine a kind of the external force by using the external force information, and a traveling control signal generation unit configured to generate a traveling control signal for the vehicle in accordance with the kind of the external force.

A transport system for transporting workpieces includes a plurality of objects disposed along a path of travel and a driverless transport vehicle having a workpiece holder and a personal protection sensor such as a laser scanner. The sensor has a transmitter for generating detection radiation and a receiver adapted to receive detection radiation generated by the transmitter and reflected from persons or objects located in a monitoring area that is monitored by the detection radiation. A control device steers the transport vehicle along the travel path so that it does not collide with the objects and triggers a safety measure if the personal protection sensor has detected a person in the monitoring area. The objects support a coating or cladding that absorbs detection radiation impinging thereon or reflects it in such a direction that it cannot reach the receiver. As a result, the objects become invisible to the personal protection sensor and cannot trigger any safety measures.

An indoor mobile industrial robot system is configured to provide a weight to a detected object within an operating environment, where the weight relates to how static the feature is. The indoor mobile industrial robot system includes a mechanism configured to translate reflected light energy and positional information into a set of data points representing the detected object having at least one of Cartesian and/or polar coordinates, and an intensity. If any discrete data point within the set of data points representing the detected object has an intensity at or above a defined threshold the entire set of data points is converted into a weight and potentially classified representing a static feature, otherwise such set of data points is classified as representing a dynamic feature having a lower weight.

A conveyance robot includes a main body at which a conveyed object can be placed; a driving wheel provided at the main body; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to control the driving wheel such that a progress direction of the conveyance robot is configured to match an extension direction of a running path guide portion, the running path guide portion extending along a running path that is along a wall face of a wall disposed in a building.

A cleaning robot cleans a cleaning region and has a housing, a drive unit for driving the cleaning robot in the cleaning region, a floor cleaning unit for cleaning a floor surface of the cleaning region, and a robot arm for moving objects and/or for cleaning a surface that is raised with respect to the floor surface. The robot arm is arranged on a housing front of the housing in a resting position. The clean robot further has a control unit for controlling the drive unit, the floor cleaning unit and the robot arm. The robot arm forms a bumper in the resting position.

A cleaning robot cleans a cleaning region and has a housing, a drive unit for driving the cleaning robot in the cleaning region, a floor cleaning unit for cleaning a floor surface of the cleaning region, and a robot arm for moving objects and/or for cleaning a surface that is raised with respect to the floor surface. The robot arm is arranged on a housing front of the housing in a resting position. The clean robot further has a control unit for controlling the drive unit, the floor cleaning unit and the robot arm. The robot arm forms a bumper in the resting position.

A robotic work tool (100) comprising a chassis (110) and a body (120). The robotic work tool (100) further comprises at least one input unit (170, 180) for receiving input data relating to an operation of the robotic work tool (100), and at least one collision sensor arrangement (140) for detecting a direction of a movement of the chassis (110) with respect to the body (120). The movement is indicative of a collision. The robotic work tool (100) further comprises at least one controller (130) for controlling operation of the robotic work tool (100). The at least one controller (130) is configured to receive, from the at least one input unit (170, 180), said input data relating to the operation of the robotic work tool (100). The at least one controller (130) is further configured to adapt a collision threshold based on said input data relating to the operation of the robotic work tool (100). The collision threshold is related to said movement of the chassis (110) with respect to the body (120) detected by the at least one collision sensor arrangement (140).