Environmentally responsive autonomous ground maintenance equipment
First Claim
1. Autonomous ground maintenance equipment comprising:
- a vehicle for performing a ground maintenance operation; and
control means for controlling at least one operating parameter of the vehicle, the control means having input means for receiving data relating to one or more of the environmental conditions rain, soil moisture and slope whereby the operating parameter or at least one of the operating parameters is variable by the control means so as to modify operation of the vehicle during a ground maintenance operation in response to the environmental conditions.
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Abstract
An autonomous ground maintenance vehicle is capable of varying its operating parameters in response to environmental conditions. These operating parameters include maximum permitted acceleration, deceleration, velocity, rate of change of direction and rate of change of steering values. A rain sensor 50 and moisture sensor 51 may be mounted to the vehicle or be positioned on the ground. An inclinometer may also be provided such that the operating parameters may be varied according to the inclination of the ground to be maintained. If guidance means is provided to guide the vehicle along a specified path a variable operating parameter may be a minimum allowable specified path length.
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17 Claims
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1. Autonomous ground maintenance equipment comprising:
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a vehicle for performing a ground maintenance operation; and
control means for controlling at least one operating parameter of the vehicle, the control means having input means for receiving data relating to one or more of the environmental conditions rain, soil moisture and slope whereby the operating parameter or at least one of the operating parameters is variable by the control means so as to modify operation of the vehicle during a ground maintenance operation in response to the environmental conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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