Method for determining a specific control parameter range of an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot, method for operating an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot, system and autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot
AssigneeAndreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
InventorsMartin Christoph Arenz, Christoph Schoepf, Andreas Strohmaier, Samuel Zoettl
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Abstract
A method determines a specific control parameter range of an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot for an area to be treated having a specific shape and a specific size. A method operates an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot on an area to be treated having a specific shape and a specific size using such a method. A system, in particular for carrying out such a method, and an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot, are provided.
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A method for determining a specific control parameter range of an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot for an area to be treated having a specific shape and a specific size, wherein the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot is configured to control its movement on the area to be treated as a function of the specific control parameter range,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- a) predefining the specific shape and the specific size of the area to be treated, and
- b) determining the specific control parameter range as a function of the predefined specific shape and the predefined specific size of the area to be treated,
- wherein the specific control parameter range includes a specific departure angle range and/or a specific rotation angle range,
- wherein the area to be treated having the specific shape and the specific size is enclosed by a boundary, and
- wherein the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot is configured to control its movement away from the boundary at an angle of the specific departure angle range and/or a rotation of its direction of movement on the boundary at a rotation angle of the specific rotation angle range,
- wherein step b) comprises:
- determining the specific departure angle range and/or the specific rotation angle range as a function of the predefined specific shape and the predefined specific size of the area to be treated.
A method for operating an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot on an area to be treated having a specific shape and a specific size, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a specific control parameter range of the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot by:
- a) predefining the specific shape and the specific size of the area to be treated,
- b) determining the specific control parameter range as a function of the predefined specific shape and the predefined specific size of the area to be treated,
- controlling the movement of the green area maintenance robot on the area to be treated having the specific shape and the specific size, as a function of the determined specific control parameter range,
- wherein the specific control parameter range includes a specific departure angle range and/or a specific rotation angle range,
- wherein the area to be treated having the specific shape and the specific size is enclosed by a boundary, and
- wherein the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot is configured to control its movement away from the boundary at an angle of the specific departure angle range and/or a rotation of its direction of movement on the boundary at a rotation angle of the specific rotation angle range,
- wherein step b) comprises:
- determining the specific departure angle range and/or the specific rotation angle range as a function of the predefined specific shape and predefined specific size of the area to be treated.
A system, comprising:
- an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot,
- an input device, and
- a computing unit,
- wherein the input device is configured to predefine a specific shape and a specific size of an area to be treated,
- wherein the computing unit is configured to cooperate with the input device and to determine a specific control parameter range of the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot as a function of the predefined specific shape and the predefined specific size of the area to be treated,
- wherein the green area maintenance robot is configured to control its movement on the area to be treated having the specific shape and the specific size as a function of the specific control parameter range,
- wherein the computing unit is configured to determine a specific departure angle range and/or a specific rotation angle range of the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot as a function of the predefined specific shape and the predefined specific size of the area to be treated, and
- wherein the green area maintenance robot has an angle determination device, wherein the angle determination device is configured to determine an angle between a direction of movement of the green area maintenance robot on the area to be treated and a boundary of the area such that the green area maintenance robot controls its movement on the area away from the boundary at an angle of the specific departure angle range, and/or
- wherein the green area maintenance robot has a rotation angle determination device, wherein the rotation angle determination device is configured to determine a rotation angle of a rotation of the direction of movement of the green area maintenance robot on the area to be treated on the boundary of the area such that the green area maintenance robot controls a rotation of the direction of movement on the area on the boundary at a rotation angle of the specific rotation angle range.
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