A scrubber-dryer device for cleaning walkable surfaces, as for example floors, pavements, asphalted roads, etc., adapted to move forward automatically and to be steered manually by an operator, and including a cleaning lower base body connected on its upper part by a movable jointing element to a steering means lengthened upward the lower base body including a frame to which one or more lower brushing means are fixed to, at least a wetting system fixed to the frame, and at least a dirt collection system fixed to the frame, the jointing element formed by a lengthened elastic and internally hollow push element, constrained with its lower end portion to the frame, in the barycenter point of the lower body and with its upper end portion to the steering element.

A method of controlling a robotic floor cleaning machine includes driving, by an operator, the robotic floor cleaning machine along a transport path and a cleaning path. The transport path defines a path for transport of the robotic floor cleaning machine without active cleaning and the cleaning path defines a path for a cleaning operation. The method further includes recording the transport path and the cleaning path driven by the operator; defining, in a controller of the robotic floor cleaning machine, a route comprising the recorded transport path and the recorded cleaning path, and defining the cleaning operation. The robotic floor cleaning machine executes the defined route and the cleaning operation.

A method of controlling a robotic floor cleaning machine includes driving, by an operator, the robotic floor cleaning machine along a transport path and a cleaning path. The transport path defines a path for transport of the robotic floor cleaning machine without active cleaning and the cleaning path defines a path for a cleaning operation. The method further includes recording the transport path and the cleaning path driven by the operator; defining, in a controller of the robotic floor cleaning machine, a route comprising the recorded transport path and the recorded cleaning path, and defining the cleaning operation. The robotic floor cleaning machine executes the defined route and the cleaning operation.

A system and method of software control and autonomy of a disinfection module for an autonomous or semi-autonomous cleaning device. The disinfection module control software resides on a computer with processor and memory. The disinfection module is connected to peripherals for sensing and localizing in the environment and controlling the actuators for the motion of the cleaning device. The disinfection module control software processes the sprayer's status, follows and plans paths to move the cleaning device to the spray targets, generates appropriate motion commands, and controls the disinfection module's pump, fan, LED, and electrostatic generator states.

An extraction cleaning machine includes a housing with a bottom portion that is adapted to rest on a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system including a fluid distributor, a fluid extraction system including a suction nozzle, at least one carriage assembly mounting an agitation assembly to the housing for movement with respect thereto and with respect to the surface to be cleaned, and an ultraviolet light mounted on at least one of the housing and the carriage assembly to emit ultraviolet light onto the surface to be cleaned.

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 is configured to clean the mop member. The base station further includes a scraping and blocking member, the scraping and blocking member is configured to prevent cleaning fluid from splashing during a process of the mop member cleaning device cleaning the mop member.

An unattended extraction cleaning machine includes a housing with a bottom portion that is adapted to rest on a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system including a fluid distributor, a fluid extraction system including a suction nozzle, at least one carriage assembly mounting the suction nozzle to the housing for movement with respect thereto and with respect to the surface to be cleaned, and an ultraviolet light mounted on at least one of the housing and the carriage assembly to emit ultraviolet light onto the surface to be cleaned.

An autonomous floor cleaner or floor cleaning robot can include an autonomously moveable housing and a drive system for autonomously moving the autonomously moveable housing over a surface to be cleaned based on inputs from a controller. A brush chamber and a debris receptacle can be formed as a unitary assembly removable from the autonomously moveable housing.

A wet-cleaning apparatus for the wet cleaning of a floor surface includes a hand-guidance part, which is connected for pivoting articulation, about at least two joint axes, to a floor part, which in an operating state rests on the floor surface, and is in torque-transmitting operative connection with the floor part. At least one floor-treatment tool is arranged on the floor part and has two disc tools, which in the operating state rest on the floor surface, can be rotated in opposite directions by at least one drive and are arranged and/or configured such that, in the operating state, there is permanent linear propulsion along a cleaning direction onto the floor part. A suction-bar arrangement is arranged behind the floor-treatment tool, as seen in relation to the cleaning direction, and is intended for the suction removal of liquid from the floor surface. A pick-up device is arranged between the at least one floor-treatment tool and the suction-bar arrangement, as seen in the cleaning direction, and picks up and collects solid particles transported to the rear by the floor-treatment tool.

A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a pad assembly, and a pad drive system. The pad assembly can be connected to the body and can be movable relative thereto. The pad drive system can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the pad assembly relative to the body between a stored position and a cleaning position.