Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of robots, and disclose a method and a device for automatically charging a robot, a charging station and a robot. The method for automatically charging a robot in the present application, applied to the robot, includes the steps of: detecting a distance to a charging station according to a laser ranging signal; starting laser feature recognition when the distance is determined less than a preset distance, where the laser feature recognition is configured to identify the charging station; and performing docking process according to a recognition result of the laser feature recognition, a laser ranging signal and an infrared guiding signal. The method for automatically charging a robot in the embodiments enables the intelligent robot to quickly and accurately find the charging station, and accurately perform the docking process and automatically charging.

A charge head is connected to a charge inlet of an electric vehicle to supply an electric charge to recharge the battery of the vehicle. The charge head is attached to a connecting device that moves the charge head to the charge inlet. Multiple light detectors are provided on the charge head to sense light emitted from the vehicle. The system then uses a difference in the amount of light received by different light detectors to determine a direction to move the charge head toward the charge inlet.

A charge head is connected to a charge inlet of an electric vehicle to supply an electric charge to recharge the battery of the vehicle. The charge head is attached to a connecting device that moves the charge head to the charge inlet. Multiple light detectors are provided on the charge head to sense light emitted from the vehicle. The system then uses a difference in the amount of light received by different light detectors to determine a direction to move the charge head toward the charge inlet.

This application relates to a vehicle battery swapping method. The method includes: connecting a positioning line of a battery swapping van to a predetermined reference point of a battery-to-be-swapped vehicle; obtaining a distance between a coordinate origin of a hoister of the battery swapping van and the reference point of the battery-to-be-swapped vehicle, and angles of the positioning line with respect to a travel direction, a longitudinal direction, and a vertical direction, respectively, of the battery-to-be-swapped vehicle; and determining, based on the obtained distance and angles, a moving track of an end effector of the hoister. This application further relates to a battery swapping van configured to swap a vehicle battery, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium.

A parking assist apparatus includes: a wireless communication device capable of wireless communication to and from a wireless power supply device; a power receiving unit which receives transmission of power from a power transmission unit in a non-contact manner; and a vehicle control ECU which acquires information indicating a manufacturer of the wireless power supply device from the wireless power supply device by the wireless communication, identifies a position of the power transmission unit from feature information corresponding to the manufacturer indicated by the acquired information and an image of a periphery of a vehicle, sets a position of a target parking area so that a position of the power receiving unit matches the position of the power transmission unit, and automatically moves the vehicle to the set target parking area.

A parking assist apparatus includes: a wireless communication device capable of wireless communication to and from a wireless power supply device; a power receiving unit which receives transmission of power from a power transmission unit in a non-contact manner; and a vehicle control ECU which acquires information indicating a manufacturer of the wireless power supply device from the wireless power supply device by the wireless communication, identifies a position of the power transmission unit from feature information corresponding to the manufacturer indicated by the acquired information and an image of a periphery of a vehicle, sets a position of a target parking area so that a position of the power receiving unit matches the position of the power transmission unit, and automatically moves the vehicle to the set target parking area.

Embodiments of the present application provide a battery swapping method, module, device and medium. The method includes: acquiring a first image captured for a vehicle within a battery swapping area, and acquiring a first location of a battery on the vehicle; determining a second location of the vehicle in the battery swapping area according to the first image; determining, according to the first location and the second location, a target location of the battery in the battery swapping area to control a battery swapping device to move to the target location for battery swapping. According to the embodiments of the present application, battery swapping can be completed in a case where a user parks the vehicle randomly in the battery swapping area. Thus, convenience of the battery swapping process is improved.

Leading and trailing electrified vehicles are coupled together in a towing arrangement for in-flight transfer of an electrical charge between their battery systems. With the vehicles connected by a towing device, a parking maneuver is initiated in which the trailing vehicle leads the leading vehicle. For the parking maneuver, one of the vehicles is designated (e.g., automatically or by driver agreement) to be an active steering vehicle and the other vehicle to be a passive steering vehicle. At least the passive steering vehicle comprises an electrically-controlled steering actuator. During movement, a turning (e.g., steering angle) of the active steering vehicle is monitored. Based on the turning of the active steering vehicle, an assistive steering angle is determined for the passive steering vehicle. The electrically-controlled steering actuator is commanded according to the assistive steering angle. The parking maneuver may be reverse or forward.

Leading and trailing electrified vehicles are coupled together in a towing arrangement for in-flight transfer of an electrical charge between their battery systems. With the vehicles connected by a towing device, a parking maneuver is initiated in which the trailing vehicle leads the leading vehicle. For the parking maneuver, one of the vehicles is designated (e.g., automatically or by driver agreement) to be an active steering vehicle and the other vehicle to be a passive steering vehicle. At least the passive steering vehicle comprises an electrically-controlled steering actuator. During movement, a turning (e.g., steering angle) of the active steering vehicle is monitored. Based on the turning of the active steering vehicle, an assistive steering angle is determined for the passive steering vehicle. The electrically-controlled steering actuator is commanded according to the assistive steering angle. The parking maneuver may be reverse or forward.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a charging infrastructure comprising a charging station for charging a vehicle having a vehicle-side charging interface, wherein the charging station comprises a robot that carries a robot-side charging interface for establishing a charging connection with the vehicle-side charging interface, wherein the robot comprises a main base and a compliance assembly that is arranged kinematically between the main base and the robot-side charging interface for providing a compliance, wherein the method comprises in series a positioning phase in which the robot-side charging interface is moved to an initial connecting position, and a connecting phase in which the robot-side charging interface establishes a charging connection with the vehicle-side charging interface, wherein in the positioning phase a compliance value is compared with a positioning intervention value and a positioning instruction is changed when the compliance value exceeds a positioning intervention value, and in the connecting phase the compliance value is compared with a connecting intervention value and a connecting instruction is changed when the compliance value exceeds the connecting intervention value, wherein the positioning intervention value differs from the connecting intervention value.