Autonomous floor cleaning with a removable pad
First Claim
1. An autonomous floor cleaning robot, comprising:
- a robot body defining a forward drive direction;
a controller supported by the robot body;
a drive supporting the robot body and configured to maneuver the robot across a surface in response to commands from the controller;
a pad holder disposed on an underside of the robot body and configured to retain a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot; and
a pad sensor arranged to sense a feature of the cleaning pad held by the pad holder and generate a corresponding signal;
wherein the controller is responsive to the corresponding signal generated by the pad sensor, and configured to control the robot according to a cleaning mode selected from a set of multiple robot cleaning modes as a function of the corresponding signal generated by the pad sensor.
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Abstract
An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a robot body defining a forward drive direction, a controller supported by the robot body, a drive supporting the robot body and configured to maneuver the robot across a surface in response to commands from the controller, a pad holder disposed on an underside of the robot body and configured to retain a removable cleaning pad during operation of the cleaning robot; and a pad sensor arranged to sense a feature of a cleaning pad held by the pad holder and generate a corresponding signal. The controller is responsive to the signal generated by the pad sensor, and configured to control the robot according to a cleaning mode selected from a set of multiple robot cleaning modes as a function of the signal generated by the pad sensor.
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15 Claims
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1. An autonomous floor cleaning robot, comprising:
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a robot body defining a forward drive direction; a controller supported by the robot body; a drive supporting the robot body and configured to maneuver the robot across a surface in response to commands from the controller; a pad holder disposed on an underside of the robot body and configured to retain a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot; and a pad sensor arranged to sense a feature of the cleaning pad held by the pad holder and generate a corresponding signal; wherein the controller is responsive to the corresponding signal generated by the pad sensor, and configured to control the robot according to a cleaning mode selected from a set of multiple robot cleaning modes as a function of the corresponding signal generated by the pad sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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