Disclosed is a mobile robot configured to cut lawn in a work area. The mobile robot may include a main body, a weight sensing sensor, an obstacle sensing sensor, a blade, and a processor. The mobile robot may execute an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm, and perform communication with other electronic devices in a 5G communication environment. As a result, it is possible to enhance user convenience.

An agricultural system includes a header and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an indication to operate the agricultural system in a non-harvesting mode, output a first signal to set the header in a set profile upon initialization of the non-harvesting mode, receive sensor feedback indicative of an obstacle position of an obstacle relative to the header while the agricultural system operates in the non-harvesting mode, and output a second signal to adjust the header to deviate from the set profile based on the sensor feedback while the agricultural system operates in the non-harvesting mode.

A mower includes a first traveling unit which travels on a ground, a first operating unit which is joined to the first traveling unit and includes a blade which mows grass on the ground, and a guide member provided in front of the first traveling unit. While the first traveling unit travels forward, balls (objects) on the ground and in contact with the guide member move along the guide member.

There is provided a mobile autonomous agricultural system comprising: a powered mobile unit for carrying agricultural equipment, and configured to move along rows of crops; at least one laser curtain sensor configured to project a laser curtain away from the mobile unit; a location module configured to monitor a location of the mobile unit relative to a row; a controller configured to control the travel of the mobile unit; a safety module configured to: receive a location signal from the location module related to the location of the mobile unit relative to a row, select a mode of operation to process the laser curtain in a predefined laser curtain pattern, based on the received location signal, each mode of operation corresponding to a different predefined laser curtain pattern, and to generate a safety output in response to determining that the laser curtain is interrupted within the laser curtain pattern.

Embodiments of the present invention relates to a self-moving apparatus and a method for controlling same, the self-moving apparatus including: a housing; a movement module for driving the housing to move; an ultrasonic module configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal and receive an echo signal formed through reflection of an obstacle; and a control module installed on the housing and connected to the ultrasonic module, to implement an ultrasonic detection function by processing the echo signal, thereby controlling a movement mode of the movement module. The control module can control disabling of the ultrasonic detection function according to a received preset signal.

A harvesting machine includes: a machine main body 1; a harvesting unit 15 that is provided forward of the machine main body 1 and is capable of swinging upward and downward relative to the machine main body 1; a height detection unit that is capable of detecting a height position H at which the harvesting unit 15 is located; and an obstacle detection unit that is capable of detecting an obstacle that is located forward thereof in a travel direction. The obstacle detection unit includes: a first sensor 21 and a second sensor 22 that are provided at different positions in a vertical direction, and output detection information regarding a detection area that is located forward thereof in the travel direction; a selection unit that selects at least either the detection information from the first sensor 21 or the detection information from the second sensor 22 based on the height position H of the harvesting unit 15; and a determination unit that determines the obstacle based on the detection information selected by the selection unit.

An outdoor treatment system has an autonomous mobile outdoor treatment robot and a sensor and control device. The outdoor treatment robot has a chassis and a contact element. The chassis is designed to execute a travelling movement of the outdoor treatment robot in a direction of travel. The contact element is designed to execute an avoiding movement in an avoiding direction as a result of the travelling movement in the direction of travel and contact between an obstacle and a lower contact point below a height limit and to execute a detection movement in a detection direction as a result of the travelling movement in the direction of travel and contact between an obstacle and an upper contact point at or above the height limit and is mounted so that it can move with respect to the chassis, wherein the avoiding direction and the detection direction are different. The sensor and control device is designed to detect the detection movement or a movement caused by the detection movement, and to control a protective function of the outdoor treatment robot triggered by the detected detection movement or the detected movement. The sensor and control device does not detect or evaluate the avoiding movement or a movement caused by the avoiding movement.

An agricultural machine includes a hitching support, at least one tool or group of tools that can be transferred between an operational position and a raised position, at least one support arm that is connected to the hitching support via two joints and to the tool or group of tools at an assembly location, and a safety device for performing a safety movement under the effect of pressure. At least one first safety movement phase is carried out around the first joint or around one of the two joints. The safety device includes at least one guiding device to allow for a variation in a distance between the other of the two joints and the assembly location when the rearward rotation is carried out around the first joint.

A vegetation trimmer having a blade guard and a drive motor and an elongated drive shaft coupled to the drive motor is disclosed. The blade guard is coupled to the power head assembly, a cutting blade is attached to an output shaft of the power head assembly for rotation relative to the blade guard. The cutting blade being rotatable relative to the blade guard for cutting vegetation when the vegetation trimmer is operational. The blade guard having a diameter larger than a diameter of the cutting blade for protecting the blade and structures near or against where the vegetation trimmer is used. The blade guard defining a plurality of shear openings for receiving vegetation to be cut via the vegetation trimmer.

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic sensitivity adjustment for an autonomous mower. An exemplary mower includes a drive system and one or more cameras for capturing one or more images. One or more processors are configured to generate a grass value by applying a machine learning algorithm to the one or more images, instruct the drive system to maintain a current direction in response to determining that the grass value is greater than a mowing threshold, instruct the drive system to turn in response to determining that the grass value is less than or equal to the mowing threshold, determine a trigger rate that indicates how often the grass value is less than the mowing threshold within a predefined period of time, and decrease the mowing threshold by a predefined increment in response to determining that the trigger rate is greater than an upper threshold rate.