Robotic Lawn Mowing Boundary Determination
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Abstract
A method of mowing an area with an autonomous mowing robot comprises storing, in non-transient memory of the robot, a set of geospatially referenced perimeter data corresponding to positions of the mowing robot as the mowing robot is guided about a perimeter of an area to be mowed, removing from the set of perimeter data one or more data points thereby creating a redacted data set and controlling the mowing robot to autonomously mow an area bounded by a boundary corresponding to the redacted data set, including altering direction of the mowing robot at or near a position corresponding to data in the redacted data set so as to redirect the robot back into the bounded area.
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48 Claims
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27. A mowing robot comprising:
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a grass cutter; a drive system including a motorized wheel; and a controller operably coupled to the motorized wheel for maneuvering the mowing robot to traverse a lawn area, the controller configured to; control the mowing robot to autonomously mow within an area bounded by a boundary at a first speed, and control the mowing robot to autonomously mow at a second speed slower than the first speed when the mowing robot is within a predetermined distance to the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A mowing robot comprising:
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a grass cutter; a drive system including a motorized wheel; and a controller operably coupled to the motorized wheel for maneuvering the mowing robot to traverse a lawn area, the controller configured to; determine whether the mowing robot is being guided in a forward or a backward direction, in a teaching mode, store in memory geospatially referenced perimeter coordinates corresponding to positions of the mowing robot during the teaching mode, suspend storage of the geospatially referenced perimeter coordinates in response to determining that the mowing robot is being guided in a backward direction, identify a boundary comprising at least some of the geospatially referenced perimeter coordinates stored during the teaching mode, and control the mowing robot to autonomously mow within an area bounded by the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of mowing an area with an autonomous mowing robot, the method comprising:
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maneuvering, using a drive system including a motorized wheel, the mowing robot to traverse a lawn area; controlling, using a controller operably coupled to the drive system, the mowing robot to autonomously mow within an area bounded by a predetermined boundary at a first speed; and controlling, using the controller, the mowing robot to autonomously mow at a second speed slower than the first speed when the mowing robot is within a predetermined distance to the predetermined boundary. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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Specification