The claimed invention discloses a mobile robot comprising a robot body, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot body in a predefined area, a controller coupled to the drive system, said controller comprising a processor a memory; and a sensor module in communication with the controller, the sensor module comprises at least one non-optical sensor, configured to gather non-optical data from the predefined area. The mobile robot also comprises a communication module configured to send signals to electronic devices in the predefined area, the signals transmitted from the communication module induce emission of signals from the electronic devices in the predefined area. The processor is configured to generate at least one map of the predefined area using data processed from said non-optical data.

An autonomous moving device wireless charging system, including an autonomous moving device and a wireless charging station, the wireless charging station includes a wireless charging transmitting end; the autonomous moving device includes: a wireless charging receiving end, the wireless charging transmitting end wirelessly transmits a charging signal to the wireless charging receiving end to transmit electric energy; a charging battery, electrically connected to the wireless charging receiving end, to receive the electric energy transmitted from the wireless charging receiving end; a wireless charging locating module, the wireless charging locating module determines whether the autonomous moving device is at a charging location; a driving module; and a control module, connected to the wireless charging locating module and driving module, when the wireless charging locating module determines that the autonomous moving device is at the charging location, controlling the driving module, to make the autonomous moving device dock at the charging location.

A vehicle cleaning system includes a vehicle having a substantially flat cabin floor from which a plurality of seats of the vehicle extend, and a robotic cleaning device. The robotic cleaning device includes wheels configured to propel the cleaning device along the cabin floor and selectively clean the cabin floor.

A cleaning robot, including: a housing; a moving module, and a control module, for controlling the moving module to drive the cleaning robot to move. When the cleaning robot moves on a working surface, a wiping unit is capable of directly or indirectly contacting the working surface to wipe the same. The cleaning robot includes a work execution state and a maintenance state. While the cleaning robot is switching from the work execution state to the maintenance state, the control module controls the cleaning robot to move from a work execution position corresponding to the work execution state to a maintenance position corresponding to the maintenance state. During at least a part of the process of the cleaning robot moving from the work execution position to the maintenance position, where the at least a part of the wiping unit is in a state of not contacting the working surface.

The invention relates to a floor treatment system, comprising a mobile floor treatment apparatus and a docking station therefor, wherein the floor treatment apparatus has at least one liquid container with a container wall and a container interior, as well as at least one liquid conduit for providing a liquid for the container interior; wherein the docking station comprises a supply conduit which, in a docked position of the floor treatment apparatus on the docking station, is in fluidic connection with the at least one liquid conduit; wherein the floor treatment system comprises an opening device by way of which a wall portion of the container wall is movable, for clearing at least one container opening of the at least one liquid container, into an open position, and in the docked position of the floor treatment apparatus the liquid can exit from the container interior through the container opening.

In order to achieve the objective of the present disclosure, a robot cleaner for performing autonomous navigation according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a main body; a driving unit for moving the main body; an ultrasonic sensor for sensing a distance between the main body and an obstacle; and a controller for controlling the driving unit by using an output value of the ultrasonic sensor, wherein the ultrasonic sensor comprises: a transmitting unit, installed at one point on the outer surface of the main body, for emitting ultrasonic waves in a predetermined direction; a plurality of receivers, installed at positions spaced apart from the transmitting unit by a predetermined distance on the outer surface of the main body, for receiving ultrasonic waves reflected by the obstacle after being emitted from the transmitting unit; and an electrical signaling unit for electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of receivers to the transmitting unit.

Described herein are systems and methods for assessing a health status of a cleaning head assembly in a mobile cleaning robot. The mobile robot includes motorized cleaning member that rotatably engages a floor surface to extract debris. An exemplary system includes a processor circuit that receives robot data produced by the mobile cleaning robot traversing an environment, determines a robot parameter using a portion of the received robot data corresponding to a floor area having a specific surface condition traversed repeatedly by the mobile cleaning robot, and determines a state of the cleaning head and an estimate of remaining useful life of the cleaning head based on the robot parameter. The determined state of the cleaning head system can be provide to a user via a user interface.

A vacuum cleaner system includes a docking station and a mobile vacuum cleaner. The docking station includes a charging stand and a parking plate. The parking plate is connected to the charging stand, and formed with two position-limiting slots. The mobile vacuum cleaner includes a working machine body and two transmission wheels. The transmission wheels are rotatably arranged on the working machine body for traveling the working machine body. When the transmission wheels are moved into the position-limiting slots, respectively, the mobile vacuum cleaner presses the parking plate by a gravity of the mobile vacuum cleaner through the two transmission wheels.

A cleaning system includes a robotic cleaner and an evacuation station. The robotic cleaner can dock with the evacuation station to have debris evacuated by the evacuation station. The robotic cleaner includes a bin to store debris, and the bin includes a port door through which the debris can be evacuated into the evacuation station. The evacuation station includes a vacuum motor to evacuate the bin of the robotic cleaner.

A robotic system includes a docking station, a mobile working machine, and an electronic device. The mobile working machine includes a machine body and a transmission wheel device disposed on the machine body for loading and moving the machine body. The electronic device is detachably connected to the mobile working machine. The docking station includes a station base and a transferring device disposed on the station base for selectively carrying the electronic device away from the mobile working machine.