Autonomous self-propelled manure removal vehicle

A self-propelled manure removal vehicle, comprising:

• at least two wheels, at least one motor device and a control device, for displacing the vehicle in a desired direction of travel by driving at least one of the wheels;
• and
• a floor-scraping device configured to clean a floor surface while being in contact with the floor surface,
• wherein the vehicle comprises slide blocks which are fixedly secured at front side corners of the vehicle include slide blocks to allow the vehicle to slide along a side wall,
• wherein each slide block comprises a side surface to contact a side wall, wherein the side surface comprises:
• a slide section substantially perpendicular to the axes of the wheels, or substantially horizontal, and
• a redirect section adjacent to and in front of the slide section, wherein the slide section is configured to guide the vehicle along the side wall in a direction substantially parallel to the side wall, and
• wherein the redirect section has a curved shape configured to redirect the vehicle into a direction substantially parallel to the side wall when the vehicle is driven with the redirection section against the side wall.

An autonomous self-propelled manure removal vehicle, comprising:

• at least two wheels each having an axis of rotation, at least one motor device and a control device, for displacing the vehicle by driving at least one of the wheels;
• a floor-scraping device including at least a flexible lower scraper rim to adapt its shape to a floor surface, the floor-scraping device being configured to clean, in a working state of the vehicle, the floor surface while being in contact with the floor surface;
• at least one skid element including at least a flexible lower skid rim with a slide surface to slide over the floor surface to support the vehicle in the working state of the vehicle, the at least one skid element being elongate and extending substantially perpendicular to the axes of the wheels;
• and
• wherein the lower scraper rim of the floor scraping device in a non-loaded and non-working resting state of the vehicle extends further downwardly than the slide surface of the at least one skid element,
• wherein the vehicle further comprises slide blocks which are secured at front side corners of the vehicle to allow the vehicle to slide along a side wall, and which slide blocks do not have any moveable parts that are used to detect or follow the side wall,
• wherein each slide block comprises a side surface to contact a side wall, and
• wherein each slide block is spaced apart from and not connected to other slide blocks.