Autonomous machine
First Claim
1. An autonomous machine comprising a control system for navigating the autonomous machine around a working area in a manner that causes the machine to traverse substantially all of the free surface of the working area, the control system being configured to cause the machine to follow a boundary of the working area and to perform a plurality of movements, each movement comprising the machine travelling outwardly from the boundary of the working area, at an angle to the boundary, and returning again to the boundary, the machine moving along the boundary of the working area between each movement and repeating the movements as the machine follows substantially the entire boundary of the working area.
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Abstract
A control system is provided for navigating an autonomous machine around a working area in a manner that causes the machine to traverse substantially all of the free surface of the working area. The control system is arranged to cause the machine to follow a boundary of the working area and to perform a plurality of movements, each movement comprising the machine travelling away from the boundary of the working area, at an angle to the boundary, and returning again to the boundary. The machine moves along the boundary of the working area between each movement and repeats the movements as the machine follows substantially the entire boundary of the working area.
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26 Claims
- 1. An autonomous machine comprising a control system for navigating the autonomous machine around a working area in a manner that causes the machine to traverse substantially all of the free surface of the working area, the control system being configured to cause the machine to follow a boundary of the working area and to perform a plurality of movements, each movement comprising the machine travelling outwardly from the boundary of the working area, at an angle to the boundary, and returning again to the boundary, the machine moving along the boundary of the working area between each movement and repeating the movements as the machine follows substantially the entire boundary of the working area.
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12. (canceled)
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24. A method of operating an autonomous machine around a working area in a manner that causes the machine to traverse substantially all of the free surface of the working area, the method comprising causing the machine to follow a boundary of the working area and to perform a plurality of movements, each movement comprising the machine travelling away from the boundary of the working area, at an angle to the boundary, and returning again to the boundary, the machine moving along the boundary of the working area between each movement and repeating the movements as the machine follows substantially the entire boundary of the working area.
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25. A storage medium encoded with executable instructions representing software for controlling the movement of an autonomous machine around a working area in a manner that causes the machine to traverse substantially all of the free surface of the working area, the software being arranged to cause the machine to follow a boundary of the working area and to perform a plurality of movements, each movement comprising the machine travelling away from the boundary of the working area, at an angle to the boundary, and retuning again to the boundary, the machine moving along the boundary of the working area between each movement and repeating the movements as the machine follows substantially the entire boundary of the working area.
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26. (canceled)
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