Robot and method for autonomous inspection or processing of floor areas
First Claim
1. A mobile self-propelled robot for autonomously executing activities, the robot comprising:
- a drive module for moving the robot across a floor area;
a processing module for executing the activities during a processing operation;
a navigation module, wherein the navigation module is implemented to navigate the robot across the floor area during the processing operation based on a map of an environment, and wherein the navigation module stores and manages the map of the environment;
a sensor module for acquiring items of information relating to a structure of the environment;
an analysis unit, wherein the analysis unit is implemented to determine the floor area processed during the processing operation, wherein the analysis unit compares the floor area processed during the processing operation to a reference, and wherein the analysis unit stores items of information about a deviation between the reference and the floor area processed during the processing operation; and
a communication module, which is implemented to establish during, after completion, or after interruption of the processing procedure, a connection to a human-machine interface, in order to communicate the items of information about the deviation between the reference and the floor area processed during the processing operation to give a user a possibility of intervening in the processing operation, making changes to the environment, or starting a renewed processing operation,wherein whether the item of information is communicated upon request by the user, without request, or not communicated is based on specific, pre-definable criteria;
wherein the communication module is further implemented to accept a control command from the user to interrupt, continue, modify, or restart the processing operation.
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Abstract
A mobile, self-propelling robot for carrying out activities autonomously is described. The robot can include a drive module for moving the robot over the floor surface, a processing module, a navigation module that navigates based on a map of the surroundings. The robot can also include a sensor module for sensing information relating to the structure of the surroundings, an analysis unit designed to determine the surface processed during a processing operation, to compare the surface and store information about a deviation therebetween, and a communication module to communicate the stored information about the deviation and thereby provide a user with the possibility of intervening, where on the basis of predefinable criteria it is decided whether information is to be communicated or not. The communication module can also receive a control instruction from the user and to interrupt, continue, modify or start again the processing operation.
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17 Claims
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1. A mobile self-propelled robot for autonomously executing activities, the robot comprising:
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a drive module for moving the robot across a floor area; a processing module for executing the activities during a processing operation; a navigation module, wherein the navigation module is implemented to navigate the robot across the floor area during the processing operation based on a map of an environment, and wherein the navigation module stores and manages the map of the environment; a sensor module for acquiring items of information relating to a structure of the environment; an analysis unit, wherein the analysis unit is implemented to determine the floor area processed during the processing operation, wherein the analysis unit compares the floor area processed during the processing operation to a reference, and wherein the analysis unit stores items of information about a deviation between the reference and the floor area processed during the processing operation; and a communication module, which is implemented to establish during, after completion, or after interruption of the processing procedure, a connection to a human-machine interface, in order to communicate the items of information about the deviation between the reference and the floor area processed during the processing operation to give a user a possibility of intervening in the processing operation, making changes to the environment, or starting a renewed processing operation, wherein whether the item of information is communicated upon request by the user, without request, or not communicated is based on specific, pre-definable criteria; wherein the communication module is further implemented to accept a control command from the user to interrupt, continue, modify, or restart the processing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for automatically executing activities with the aid of a self-propelled autonomous robot;
- the method comprising;
storing and managing a map of an environment; starting a processing operation and executing the activities with aid of a processing module arranged on the robot; navigating the robot across a floor area during the processing operation based on the map of the environment; acquiring items of information with respect to structure of the environment during the processing operation by way of a sensor module arranged of the robot; determining the floor area processed during the processing operation; comparing the floor area processed during the processing operation to a reference; ascertaining items of information about a deviation between the reference and the floor area processed during the processing information; and deciding on the basis of specific criteria whether the items of information about the deviation between the reference and the floor area processed during the processing information are to be communicated upon request by a user, without request, or not at all.
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