A walking mechanism for driving a machine body includes a walking wheel group having a plurality of walking wheels attached to the machine body, with two front and two rear wheels relative to a traveling direction. The machine body has two sides with a pair of one of the front wheels and a one of the rear wheels being respectively located on each of the sides and driven to rotate synchronously. Each walking wheel includes an auto tire casing with a tread outer side having a tread pattern distributed along a circumferential direction of the auto tire casing. The tread pattern is configured as a plurality of tread ribs with a respective tread groove formed between each adjacent pair of the tread ribs, the tread pattern radiating outward from an axial center of the walking wheel. A related robot and self-walking mower are also disclosed.

A method and a system for controlling a self-propelling lawnmower including the self-propelling lawnmower having a control unit and at least one sensor, a boundary wire and a signal generator. The self-propelling lawnmower moves across an area surrounded by the boundary wire. By encoding a data frame with a recognition code in an alternating current that is Direct Current, DC-balanced and that is randomly transmitted within a predetermined period of time, by means of the signal generator, to the boundary wire a system robust against interference is accomplished. The data frame burst is received by a sensor and decoded by a control unit in the lawnmower. By comparing the received recognition code with a stored recognition code, the control unit determines that the lawnmower is on the inside of the boundary wire if the received recognition code matches the stored recognition code, and on the outside if the received recognition code matches the inverse of the stored recognition code.

An information processing device includes a vegetation analysis section configured to analyze a vegetation state of a monitoring area on the basis of detection information acquired from a detection unit and indicating a status of the monitoring area, a restricted area determination section configured to define a restricted area, where entry is restricted, in the monitoring area on the basis of the vegetation state, and a guidance information providing section configured to provide a terminal device with guidance information indicating restrictions on entry into the restricted area.

A work system includes a plurality of working machines each including a working unit; and a power feeding device configured to supply power to the plurality of working machines. The plurality of working machines includes a plurality of types of working machines different in amount of power required to drive the working unit. The power feeding device includes at least one first power transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit power to a working area of the plurality of working machines. Each of the plurality of working machines includes a power reception unit configured to receive the power wirelessly transmitted to the working area.

The present disclosure related to a robotic working tool 100 comprising a controller 110 and at least a first and at least a second magnetic sensor arranged to sense a magnetic signal. The controller 110 is configured to detect a first magnetic signal; determine a signal strength of the detected first magnetic signal; determine if the signal strength of the detected magnetic signal is above or below a threshold value, and if the signal strength is above the threshold value, accept signal detection input for the first magnetic signal from a first set of sensors, and if the signal strength is below the threshold value, accept signal detection input for the first magnetic signal from a second set of sensors, wherein the second set of sensors is a subset of the first set. The disclosure also relates to a method for use in the robotic working tool and a computer readable medium for carrying computer instructions that when loaded into a controller of a robotic working tool, cause the robotic working tool to operate according to a method.

The present disclosure relates to a robotic lawnmower fence (1) comprising a bracket (3) with two legs (9′, 9″), which are essentially straight and parallel, and a crossbar (11), which extends between upper ends (9′a, 9″a) of the two legs (9′, 9″) and perpendicular to the legs (9′, 9″). Opposite free ends (9′b, 9″b) of the legs (9′, 9″) are adapted to be anchored in the ground (17) and two support elements (5), each adapted to be arranged along respective leg (9′, 9″) in the extension direction (L) thereof to define a maximum depression depth (D) of the legs (9′, 9″) into the ground (17). The disclosure also relates to a fence system (49) comprising at least two fences (1).

A controller for controlling a chopper arrangement of an agricultural harvester. The controller receives sensor data indicative of an intensity of chopping performed on crop material by the chopper arrangement, and sensor data indicative of a power consumption of the chopper arrangement. The controller has a processor to determine an actuator setting for a chopper arrangement actuator of the agricultural harvester in dependence on the received sensor data indicative of the intensity of chopping and the received sensor data indicative of the power consumption. The controller sends an actuator control signal to the chopper arrangement actuator to control the chopper arrangement actuator to operate in accordance with the associated determined actuator setting. The determined actuator setting includes an amount of insertion, and an angle of insertion, of at least one bank of counter knives of the chopper arrangement relative to rotatable knife rows of the chopper arrangement.

A method (100) of assisting a user of a robotic tool system (10) is disclosed. The robotic tool system (10) comprises a self-propelled robotic tool (1) configured to operate an area in an autonomous manner and a docking station (3) for charging one or more batteries (5) of the robotic tool (1). The method (100) comprises the steps of obtaining (110) inclination data representative of an inclination angle (a0, a1, a2) of the robotic tool (1) when the robotic tool (1) is located on or at the docking station (3) and outputting (120) a notification (n0, n1, n2) based on the inclination data. The present disclosure further relates to a robotic tool (1) and a robotic tool system (10) comprising a robotic tool (1) and a docking station (3).

A system and method for environmental parameter mapping. A method includes adding at least one entry to a mapping data structure, wherein each entry includes a position of a robotic device and at least one corresponding environmental parameter for the respective position of the robotic device, wherein each environmental parameter of each entry indicates an attribute of an environment at the corresponding position and is based on at least one sensor signal captured at the corresponding position; and sending at least one command to the robotic device, wherein the at least one command is determined based on the mapping data structure and includes at least one command to navigate.

The present specification relates to a mobile robot system and a method for generating boundary information of the mobile robot system, wherein the mobile robot system generates first map data for the locations of a plurality of transmitters installed in a driving area on the basis of the result of receiving the transmission signals from the plurality of transmitters, receives second map data for an area corresponding to the driving area from a communication target means in which map information of an area including the driving area is stored, and matches the first map data and the second map data to generate boundary information about a boundary area of the driving area.