Liquid management for floor-traversing robots
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1. An autonomous floor-traversing robot, comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior compartment;
a drive operable to move the chassis across a floor surface;
a cover extending across at least a portion of the interior compartment; and
a button plate coupled to an inner surface of the cover, the button plate comprising;
a substantially flat base;
a flexible seal situated within the base; and
a disk retained by the flexible seal, the disk positioned above a button in the interior compartment of the chassis.
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Abstract
An autonomous floor-traversing robot includes: a wheeled body including a chassis and at least one motorized wheel configured to propel the chassis across a floor, the chassis defining an interior compartment disposed beneath a chassis ceiling; a cover extending across at least a central area of the chassis ceiling; and a graspable handle connected to the chassis and located outside the cover so as to be accessible from above the robot, the handle arranged to enable lifting of the robot. The chassis ceiling defines drainage channels configured to conduct the liquid away from the central area of the chassis ceiling.
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19 Claims
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1. An autonomous floor-traversing robot, comprising:
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a chassis defining an interior compartment; a drive operable to move the chassis across a floor surface; a cover extending across at least a portion of the interior compartment; and a button plate coupled to an inner surface of the cover, the button plate comprising; a substantially flat base; a flexible seal situated within the base; and a disk retained by the flexible seal, the disk positioned above a button in the interior compartment of the chassis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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