In one embodiment, there is disclosed a robot configured to clean a surface of a coating having a König pendulum hardness of less than 75 counts, the robot comprising: a cleaning brush assembly comprising a lamellar cleaning brush having a plurality of lamellas extending outwardly from a brush core and having a height, the lamellar cleaning brush arranged to rotate about its axis to apply a cleaning action to the surface when it is in contact with the surface; wherein the robot is configured to apply a degree of compression of the brush on the surface such that the brush is held in a position a distance, towards the surface of the coating, away from an initial position at which the brush is in contact with, but not deformed by, the surface of the coating, wherein said distance is less than 56% of the height of the plurality of lamellas.

A method of controlling a moving robot is provided. The method of controlling a moving robot includes the steps of: (a) performing a basic motion of the moving robot which moves on a rotating mop; (b) measuring the slip rate of the moving robot; and (c) controlling the travel of the moving robot.

A mobile robot, capable of communicating with neighboring devices in a 5G communication environment and capable of efficient cleaning via machine learning based on such communication, comprises a main body configured to move in the movement space, a driving unit mounted on the main body to move the main body, a receiving unit configured to receive moving history information of a user robot that has been moved by a user in the movement space, a memory in which a computer-readable program and map information of the movement space are stored, and a control unit configured to communicate with the receiving unit, the memory, and the driving unit to control the main body, wherein the control unit establishes a moving area of the mobile robot based on the moving history information of the user robot received by the receiving unit.

An autonomous robot for harvesting produce from a plant include a base, an arm coupled to the base, and an end-effector coupled to the arm. The end-effector includes one or more grippers, each having a first cutter, second cutter, and a compliant member between the first cutter and the second cutter. The first cutter is configured to cut a stem of the produce at a first location. The second cutter is configured to cut the stem of the produce at a second location. The compliant member is configured to plastically deform to hold the stem of the produce.

A method, performed by a server device, of controlling a cleaning robot includes: receiving a first user input related to the cleaning robot, through a first home appliance; identifying a first scenario corresponding to the received first user input, from a scenario list defining operations of the cleaning robot; identifying a control command including movement position information indicating a destination of the cleaning robot, based on the identified first scenario; and transmitting the identified control command to the cleaning robot.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for tracking and scoring robot or machine performance. The robot or machine performance may comprise a metric that can be computed based on operational data for the robot or machine.

A robotic work tool arranged to operate in an operational area bounded by a boundary wire, the operational area encompassing a first charging station and a second charging station, each charging station comprising a base station wire, the robotic work tool comprising a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: operate in the operational area according to a first control signal, the first control signal comprising a first boundary signal being transmitted through the boundary wire and a first base station signal being transmitted through the base station wire of the first charging station; navigate the robotic work tool to locate and move the robotic work tool to the first charging station based on the first control signal; navigate the robotic work tool to distance the robotic work tool from the first charging station in a predetermined manner; synchronize to a second control signal comprising a first boundary signal and a second base station signal both being transmitted through the base station wire of the second charging station; and navigate the robotic work tool to enter the second charging station based on the second control signal.

A tire shine application system includes a computer having at least one sensor interfaced thereto that detects and measures sizes of a tire of a vehicle as the vehicle enters a car wash. A tire shine applicator is interfaced to a three-directional movement device that is controlled by the computer. When the tire approaches the tire shine applicator, the computer controls the three-directional movement device to position the tire shine applicator to an outwardly facing wall of the tire and controls the three-directional movement device so that the tire shine applicator traverses the outwardly facing wall of the tire while tracking the tire as the tire shine applicator deposits tire shine liquid on the outwardly facing wall of the tire.

A method of operating a robot performing a task when receiving instructions to discontinue the task and perform an additional task. Having performed the additional task, the robot will revert to the position of performing the first task and continue the first task.

A building monitoring system includes a first sensor configured to detect a first condition in the space, a second sensor configured to detect a second condition in the space, and a robotic sentinel. The robotic sentinel includes a memory for storing one or more rules each configured to identify an alert condition for the space based on the first and/or second conditions in the space, a communications module configured to communicate with a remote device over a network, and a controller operatively coupled to the sensors, the memory, and the communications module. The controller is configured to apply the one or more rules to the first and second detected conditions in the space to identify one or more alert conditions and determine what action is required by the robotic sentinel, and if action is required, command the robotic sentinel to travel to a location of the alert condition.