The present disclosure provides a lifting device for cleaning assembly and a cleaning apparatus. The lifting device includes a guiding base and a lifting assembly. The guiding base is arranged on an external housing. The lifting assembly includes a lifting mechanism connected with the cleaning assembly and slidably coupled to the guiding base, and a driving member arranged on the guiding base and configured to drive the lifting mechanism to move with respect to the guiding base.

The present disclosure provides a lifting device for cleaning assembly and a cleaning apparatus. The lifting device includes a guiding base and a lifting assembly. The guiding base is arranged on an external housing. The lifting assembly includes a lifting mechanism connected with the cleaning assembly and slidably coupled to the guiding base, and a driving member arranged on the guiding base and configured to drive the lifting mechanism to move with respect to the guiding base.

An autonomous cleaning robot (e.g., an autonomous vacuum) may use a sensor system to map an environment that may be used to determine where to clean. The autonomous vacuum receives visual data about the environment and determines a ground plane of the environment based on the visual data. The autonomous vacuum detects objects within the environment based on the ground plane. For each object, the autonomous vacuum segments a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the object out of the visual data and determines whether the object is static or dynamic. The autonomous vacuum adds static objects to a long-term level of a map of the environment and dynamic objects to an intermediate level of the map. The autonomous vacuum may further add virtual borders, flags, walls, and messes to the map.

An autonomous cleaning robot (e.g., an autonomous vacuum) may use a sensor system to map an environment that may be used to determine where to clean. The autonomous vacuum receives visual data about the environment and determines a ground plane of the environment based on the visual data. The autonomous vacuum detects objects within the environment based on the ground plane. For each object, the autonomous vacuum segments a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the object out of the visual data and determines whether the object is static or dynamic. The autonomous vacuum adds static objects to a long-term level of a map of the environment and dynamic objects to an intermediate level of the map. The autonomous vacuum may further add virtual borders, flags, walls, and messes to the map.

A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.

An autonomous cleaning robot (e.g., an autonomous vacuum) may use a sensor system to map an environment that may be used to determine where to clean. The autonomous vacuum receives visual data about the environment and determines a ground plane of the environment based on the visual data. The autonomous vacuum detects objects within the environment based on the ground plane. For each object, the autonomous vacuum segments a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the object out of the visual data and determines whether the object is static or dynamic. The autonomous vacuum adds static objects to a long-term level of a map of the environment and dynamic objects to an intermediate level of the map. The autonomous vacuum may further add virtual borders, flags, walls, and messes to the map.

An autonomous cleaning robot (e.g., an autonomous vacuum) may use a sensor system to map an environment that may be used to determine where to clean. The autonomous vacuum receives visual data about the environment and determines a ground plane of the environment based on the visual data. The autonomous vacuum detects objects within the environment based on the ground plane. For each object, the autonomous vacuum segments a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the object out of the visual data and determines whether the object is static or dynamic. The autonomous vacuum adds static objects to a long-term level of a map of the environment and dynamic objects to an intermediate level of the map. The autonomous vacuum may further add virtual borders, flags, walls, and messes to the map.

Presented are multi-roller surface cleaning heads with linearly adjustable floating rollers, methods for making/using such cleaning heads, and vacuum-based surface cleaning systems with such cleaning heads. A surface cleaning head includes a main housing with first and second linear pin slots, a nozzle inlet that ingests debris from a surface, and a connector port that couples with a fluid conduit to thereby fluidly connect the cleaning head to a suction device. A first roller is rotatably attached to the main housing, interposed between the nozzle inlet and connector port. A second roller is rotatably attached to the main housing parallel to the first roller. The second roller includes a roller shaft with first and second mounting pins projecting from first and second ends, respectively, of the roller shaft and slidably mounted in the first and second linear pin slots, respectively, such that the second roller floats in the main housing.