System and method for processing a ground with a mobile robot unit
AssigneeVorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
InventorBenjamin Strang
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Abstract
A system for processing a ground at least partially in an outdoor region, in particular removing dirt or grass cuttings, includes a base station and a mobile robot unit. The system further includes at least one detection device for detecting at least one environmental variable, and a controller which influences the operating mode of the mobile robot unit in accordance with the value of at least one of the environmental variables detected by the at least one detection device. A method for controlling a mobile robot unit for processing a ground at least partially in an outdoor region, in particular removing dirt or grass cuttings, is also provided.
Claims15
A system for processing of a ground at least partially in an outdoor area, the system comprising:
- a base station;
- and
- a mobile robot unit;
- wherein at least one detection means for detecting at least one environmental variable is provided,
- wherein a control is provided, which influences the operating mode of the mobile robot unit according to a value of the at least one environmental variable detected by the at least one detection means and transmitted to the control from the at least one detection means,
- wherein the at least one detection means are formed as part of a home weather station,
- wherein the at least one detection means are formed as a sensor for the at least one environmental variable, and
- wherein, when the mobile robot unit is in a covered spatial area and the control, based on the environmental variable, establishes that it is not suitable for the mobile robot unit to be used when a time control of the mobile robot unit initiates a new processing cycle of the mobile robot unit, the control causes an exit barrier of the covered spatial area to be in a closed state preventing the mobile robot unit from exiting the covered spatial area and the control transmits a signal that causes the mobile robot unit to remain in the covered spatial area.
A method for controlling a mobile robot unit for processing of a ground at least partially in an outdoor area, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor, and evaluating, by a control, at least one environmental variable transmitted to the control from the sensor;
- and
- influencing, by the control, an operating mode of the mobile robot unit according to a value of the at least one environmental variable,
- wherein the at least one environmental variable detected by the sensor for the at least one environmental variable which is part of a home weather station, and
- wherein, when the mobile robot unit is in a covered spatial area and the control, based on the environmental variable, establishes that it is not suitable for the mobile robot unit to be used when a time control of the mobile robot unit initiates a new processing cycle of the mobile robot unit, the control causes an exit barrier of the covered spatial area to be in a closed state preventing the mobile robot unit from exiting the covered spatial area and the control transmits a signal that causes the mobile robot unit to remain in the covered spatial area.
A method for controlling a mobile robot unit for processing of a ground at least partially in an outdoor area, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor, and evaluating, by a control, at least one environmental variable transmitted to the control from the sensor,
- influencing, by the control, an operating mode of the mobile robot unit according to a value of the at least one detected environmental variable, and
- enabling or preventing a crossing of a virtual boundary between a covered spatial area and a non-covered spatial area by the mobile robot unit according to the value of the at least one detected environmental variable, and
- wherein, when the mobile robot unit is in the covered spatial area and the control, based on the environmental variable, establishes that it is not suitable for the mobile robot unit to be used when a time control of the mobile robot unit initiates a new processing cycle of the mobile robot unit, the control causes an exit barrier of the covered spatial area to be in a closed state preventing the mobile robot unit from exiting the covered spatial area and the control transmits a signal that causes the mobile robot unit to remain in the covered spatial area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.