A robot floor cleaning system features a mobile floor cleaning robot and an evacuation station. The robot includes: a chassis with at least one drive wheel operable to propel the robot across a floor surface; a cleaning bin disposed within the robot and arranged to receive debris ingested by the robot during cleaning; and a robot vacuum configured to pull debris into the cleaning bin from an opening on an underside of the robot. The evacuation station is configured to evacuate debris from the cleaning bin of the robot, and includes: a housing defining a platform arranged to receive the cleaning robot in a position in which the opening on the underside of the robot aligns with a suction opening defined in the platform; and an evacuation vacuum in fluid communication with the suction opening and operable to draw air into the evacuation station housing through the suction opening.

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.

A method for cleaning a wall body with a UAV includes obtaining a path to be cleaned; flying to a region to be cleaned according to the path to be cleaned; recognizing a wall surface in the region to be cleaned; and using a cleaning device carried by the UAV to clean the wall surface.

A water tank assembly includes a main water tank and an auxiliary water tank. A water pumping device in operation pumps and discharges water in a first water storage space of the main water tank into a second water storage space of the auxiliary water tank. A water guiding device in operation outputs water from the second water storage space to a preset position. The water pumping device in operation can supply water to the auxiliary water tank as needed. The main water tank does not discharge water into the auxiliary water tank when the water pumping device is not in operation. As a result, the water amount in the auxiliary water tank no longer increases.

A cleaning system includes a cleaning robot and a cleaning base station. The cleaning robot includes a machine body, a first cleaning assembly and a pushing assembly, the first cleaning assembly is detachably arranged on a bottom portion of the machine body, and the pushing assembly is at least partially arranged in the machine body and connected with the first cleaning assembly. when the cleaning robot is docked with the cleaning base station, the pushing assembly is capable of pushing the first cleaning assembly to move from a first state to a second state and/or from the second state to a third state.

An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning assembly housing and at least one driven sweeper brush. The robot includes a controller and a removable sweeper bin configured to receive debris agitated by the driven sweeper brush. The sweeper bin includes an emitter disposed on an interior surface of the bin and a receiver disposed remotely from the emitter on the interior surface of the bin and configured to receive an emitter signal. The emitter and the receiver are disposed such that a threshold level of accumulation of debris in the sweeper bin blocks the receiver from receiving emitter emissions. The robot includes a bin controller disposed in the sweeper bin and monitoring a detector signal and initiating a bin full routine upon determining a bin debris accumulation level requiring service.

Disclosed is a mobile robot for determining a type and position of a home appliance present within in a traveling area and controlling the home appliance according to a control command or a situation. The mobile robot includes a controller for determining the type and position of the home appliance positioned within the traveling area based on the image acquired through an image acquisition unit, and for generating and outputting a home appliance map that is a traveling area map on which at least one of the type or position of the home appliance is indicated, wherein the home appliance is remotely controlled according to a control command of a user, a situation is determined according to the acquired information without a control command, and a home appliance appropriate for a specific situation is controlled.

The present disclosure discloses a cleaning method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a to-be-cleaned area; determining a cleaning section set based on the to-be-cleaned area, the cleaning section set including at least one cleaning section and a cleaning order position corresponding to each of the at least one cleaning section, and the cleaning order position of each of the at least one cleaning section being related to a cleaning path of each of the at least one cleaning section; and cleaning each of the at least one cleaning section in turn based on the cleaning order position corresponding to each of the at least one cleaning section.

In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

An autonomous surface cleaning apparatus includes a body, a drive system carried by the body, and a cleaning assembly disposed at a front of the body. The cleaning assembly includes a housing defining a suction chamber and a suction channel extending from the suction chamber to a suction channel opening provided in a first side surface of the cleaning assembly, and a side suction nozzle mounted to an extension and retraction assembly that is arranged to allow the side suction nozzle to be moved between an extended position. The side suction nozzle includes a first resilient blade and a second resilient blade, the first resilient blade being arranged such that a surface of the first resilient blade is substantially forward facing and the second resilient blade being arranged such that a surface of the second resilient blade is substantially downward facing.