Domestic robotic system and robot therefor
First Claim
1. A robotic system comprising:
- a robot, programmed to move within a working area defined by a boundary;
the robot having one or more boundary distance sensors for estimating the current distance from said boundary;
wherein the robot is programmed so as to;
(a) move across said working area; and
,(b) when said one or more boundary distance sensors indicates that the robot is a distance X away from said boundary and is approaching said boundary, begin performing a gradual turn, the gradual turn being such that;
the robot progressively changes direction while continuing to move across said working area; and
,the robot transitions from approaching the boundary to receding from the boundary; and
wherein the robot is further programmed so as to;
(c) calculate a path for said gradual turn such that, during the gradual turn, the robot approaches the boundary to a predetermined closest distance, E, and thereafter recedes from the boundary.
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Abstract
A domestic robotic system that includes a robot, which is programmed to move within a working area defined by a boundary and has boundary distance sensors that enable it to estimate the current distance from the boundary; the robot is programmed to move across the working area and, secondly, so that when the boundary distance sensors indicate that the robot is a distance X away from the boundary and is approaching the boundary, the robot begins performing a gradual turn; this gradual turn is such that: the robot progressively changes direction while continuing to move across said working area; and the robot transitions from approaching the boundary to receding from the boundary; the robot is also programmed to calculate a path for the gradual turn such that, during the gradual turn, the robot approaches the boundary to a predetermined closest distance before receding from the boundary.
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16 Claims
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1. A robotic system comprising:
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a robot, programmed to move within a working area defined by a boundary; the robot having one or more boundary distance sensors for estimating the current distance from said boundary; wherein the robot is programmed so as to; (a) move across said working area; and
,(b) when said one or more boundary distance sensors indicates that the robot is a distance X away from said boundary and is approaching said boundary, begin performing a gradual turn, the gradual turn being such that;
the robot progressively changes direction while continuing to move across said working area; and
,the robot transitions from approaching the boundary to receding from the boundary; and
wherein the robot is further programmed so as to;(c) calculate a path for said gradual turn such that, during the gradual turn, the robot approaches the boundary to a predetermined closest distance, E, and thereafter recedes from the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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