A method operates a mobile self-propelled appliance, in particular a floor cleaning appliance, such as a robot vacuum cleaner and/or robot sweeper and/or robot mopping appliance. The mobile self-propelled appliance has at least one tactile sensor, which is provided for collision detection of the mobile self-propelled appliance with obstacles and which, in addition to the collision detection, triggers at least one user command if a user presses against the tactile sensor n times in a predetermined time period, wherein n>1.

A lawnmower is instructed to move from a reference point along the boundary wire and to follow the boundary wire along a boundary path back to the reference point, using data from at least one wire sensor of the lawnmower. One or more elements are determined along the boundary path using distance data from at least one distance sensor of the lawnmower and using angular velocity data from at least one angular velocity sensor of the lawnmower. The one or more elements are identified as one of at least three different types of elements. The mowing area is calculated from the identified types of the one or more elements and the distance data and angular velocity data received for the one or more elements.

An autonomous travelling robot switches between a straight running and turning according to a rotation speed difference between a pair of drive wheels driven by individual electric actuators supplied electric power from a battery, along a target trajectory. The autonomous travelling robot is controlled by monitoring a running restriction that includes an electric power restriction of the battery; and restricting a maximum turning speed, which is a maximum speed when turning with a minimum turning radius, to be smaller than a maximum straight-running speed, which is a maximum speed when straight-running, according to an establishment of a condition in the running restriction.

A wearable human-machine interface device includes a base, a finger, a sensor, and an interface controller. The finger extends longitudinally from the base and including first and second rigid finger segments. A proximal end of the first finger segment is coupled to the base, and a proximal end of the second finger segment is coupled to a distal end of the first finger segment by a joint. The joint is adapted to enable rotational movement of the second finger segment relative to the first finger segment. The sensor is coupled to the finger and configured to provide a sensor signal representative of a position and/or movement of the second finger segment relative to the first finger segment. An interface controller is configured to provide a control signal representative of a flexion of the finger and/or a position of a fingertip of the finger based on the sensor signal.

A mobile terminal is operated by an operator to remotely support a moving body, and includes a communication device, a touch panel, and a processor. A motion of the moving body is controlled in accordance with an operation of the operator tilting the mobile terminal while touching the touch panel. The processor is configured to: determine, as a reference angle in a specific rotation direction of the mobile terminal, a tilt angle in the specific rotation direction at a time point of detection of a touch by the operator on the touch panel; generate a control signal for the motion based on the reference angle and the tilt angle in the specific rotation direction during a control validity period in which the touch is continued from the time point of the detection; and transmit the generated control signal to the moving body via the communication device.

The present disclosure relates to an automatic detection system and an automatic detection method for an enclosed space. The automatic detection system includes: an interactive device; a movable platform; an environment perceiving device; a defect detection device; a memory; and a processing device. The processing device is configured to process the environmental data of the environment perceiving device to control the movable platform and the defect detection device, and process the detection data generated by the defect detection device to generate a detection report. The interactive device, the environment perceiving device, the defect detection device, the memory and the processing device are installed on the movable platform, and the interactive device can be operated to identify the enclosed space and enable the automatic detection system to automatically perform detection in an automatic detection mode based on the digital mock-up data of the enclosed space.

An autonomous robot drive assembly includes a plurality of drive units. The plurality of drive units may allow for movement and control of the autonomous robot drive. Each of the plurality of drive units are configured to be oriented independent of the other drive units. Each drive unit may include a plurality of independently operable driven wheels. Each drive unit may further include a drive unit coupling, allowing for the drive unit to rotate independently of other portions of the autonomous robot. The drive unit coupling may not be driven and may be configured to freely rotate.

Systems and techniques are provided for management of autonomous cargo by autonomous vehicles (AVs). An example method can include determining, based on data from one or more sensors, a location for deploying a ramp that enables robots to enter the AV, the location comprising an area free of obstacles having one or more dimensions above a threshold; generating an instruction configured to trigger the AV to stop at the location; based on a determination that the AV is at the stopping position, deploying the ramp; sending, to the robots, a message instructing the robots to enter a cabin of the AV via the ramp and guiding each robot to a respective location within the cabin; and based on a determination that the AV has reached a destination of one or more robots, deploying the ramp and guiding the one or more robots to exit the cabin via the ramp.

The technology relates to autonomous vehicles for transporting cargo and/or people between locations. Distributed sensor arrangements may not be suitable for vehicles such as large trucks, busses or construction vehicles. Side view mirror assemblies are provided that include a sensor suite of different types of sensors, including LIDAR, radar, cameras, etc. Each side assembly is rigidly secured to the vehicle by a mounting element. The sensors within the assembly may be aligned or arranged relative to a common axis or physical point of the housing. This enables self-referenced calibration of all sensors in the housing. Vehicle-level calibration can also be performed between the sensors on the left and right sides of the vehicle. Each side view mirror assembly may include a conduit that provides one or more of power, data and cooling to the sensors in the housing.

Provided are an obstacle avoidance method for a self-propelled device, a medium, and a self-propelled device. The method includes acquiring a suspension height of an obstacle on a current travel route during traveling; determining whether the suspension height of the obstacle is within a preset limited height range, wherein the preset limited height range enables a part of the self-propelled device to pass the suspension height and an other part of the self-propelled device is limited by the suspension height; and acquiring, in response to determining that the suspension height of the obstacle is within the preset limited height range, current traveling state information of the self-propelled device, and determining whether to adjust the current travel route based on the current traveling state information to avoid the obstacle