AUTONOMOUS SURFACE CLEANING ROBOT FOR WET CLEANING
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Abstract
An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
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43 Claims
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
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24. A cleaning robot, comprising:
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a chassis; a wheeled drive supporting the chassis and operable to maneuver the robot over a work surface; one or more cleaning elements carried on the chassis to clean across a cleaning width; a fluid applicator carried on the chassis and comprising a pump arranged to dispense cleaning fluid across at least a portion of the cleaning width; a fluid collector carried on the chassis and comprising a vacuum arranged to lift waste fluid up from the work surface; and a fluid storage tank coupled to the chassis and detachable as a unit, the fluid storage tank defining both; a cleaning fluid compartment in fluid communication with the fluid applicator and arranged to store cleaning fluid to be dispensed by the fluid applicator; and a waste fluid compartment in fluid communication with the fluid collector and arranged to receive waste fluid lifted from the work surface by the fluid collector. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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