Method for operating a self-traveling robot
AssigneeVorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
InventorLorenz Hillen
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Abstract
A method for operating a self-traveling robot, wherein an environment map of an environment of the robot is generated based on measuring data recorded within the environment, wherein a position of the robot within the environment is estimated, and wherein the robot travels within the environment based on the environment map and its known position. In order to extend the maximum range of the robot within the environment, an environment map, which is currently not needed for the navigation of the robot, is detected and transmitted to an external memory unit.
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A method for operating a self-traveling robot, comprising:
- generating an environment map of an environment of the robot based on measuring data recorded within the environment,
- estimating a position of the robot within the environment,
- traveling with the robot within the environment based on the environment map and its known position,
- identifying a currently unused environment map as an unused map, therefore detecting by a navigation and self-localization device of the robot an environment map, which is currently not needed for navigation of the robot, based on accessing activities to the unused environment map,
- transmitting the environment map that is not currently needed for navigation of the robot from the robot to an external memory unit, and
- retrieving the environment map that was transmitted to and is stored in the external memory unit by the robot on demand, when the robot enters a section of the environment that is related to an environment map stored in the external memory unit,
- wherein during transit into another portion of the environment, which is related to a different environment map, a currently active environment map, which is currently stored in the local memory of the robot, is shifted from the local memory of the robot into the external memory unit and a new, currently needed environment map is transferred into the local memory of the robot.
A method for operating a self-traveling robot, comprising:
- generating an environment map of an environment of the robot based on measuring data recorded within the environment,
- estimating a position of the robot within the environment,
- traveling with the robot within the environment based on the environment map and its known position,
- identifying a currently unused map section of the environment map as an unused map section, therefore detecting by a navigation and self-localization device of the robot a map section of the environment map, which is currently not needed for navigation of the robot, based on accessing activities to the map section of the environment map, and
- extracting the unused map section from the environment map and transmitting the unused map section from the robot to an external memory unit, and
- retrieving the unused map section that was transmitted to and is stored in the external memory unit by the robot on demand, when the robot enters a section of the environment that is related to a map section stored in the external memory unit,
- wherein during transit into another portion of the environment, which is related to a different map section, a currently active map section, which is currently stored in the local memory of the robot, is shifted from the local memory of the robot into the external memory unit and a new, currently needed map section is transferred into the local memory of the robot.
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