Autonomous traveling system, autonomous traveling method, and autonomous traveling program stored on computer-readable storage medium

An autonomous traveling method for causing an autonomous traveling device to travel based on a traveling route, the method being implementable by one or more processors, the method comprising:

• receiving a teaching operation performed by an operator to cause a teaching travel of the autonomous traveling device on an individual traveling route;
• registering, with a storage, a first plurality of individual traveling routes corresponding to received teaching operations, each individual traveling route registered with the storage comprising a starting point and a destination corresponding to positions in a work area in which the traveling route is to be established;
• obtaining, from the first plurality of individual traveling routes registered with the storage, a second plurality of individual traveling routes selected by the operator;
• setting an order of the obtained second plurality of individual traveling routes based on the operator selection of the second plurality of individual traveling routes;
• generating the traveling route based on the obtained second plurality of individual traveling routes and the set order of the second plurality of individual traveling routes by connecting the second plurality of individual traveling routes according to the set order such that a starting point of a first individual traveling route in the set order is registered as a starting point of the traveling route and a destination point of a final individual traveling route in the set order is registered as the destination of the traveling route, and any individual traveling routes between the first and the final traveling routes are connected such that a starting point of a subsequent individual traveling route in the set order is connected to the destination of the previous individual traveling route in the set order;
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• causing the autonomous traveling device to travel based on the generated traveling route.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for autonomous traveling for causing an autonomous traveling device to travel based on a traveling route, which when read and executed, causes one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a teaching operation performed by an operator to cause a teaching travel of the autonomous traveling device on an individual traveling route;
• registering, with a storage, a first plurality of individual traveling routes corresponding to received teaching operations, each individual traveling route registered with the storage comprising a starting point and a destination corresponding to positions in a work area in which the traveling route is to be established;
• obtaining, from the first plurality of individual traveling routes registered with the storage, a second plurality of individual traveling routes selected by the operator;
• setting an order of the obtained second plurality of individual traveling routes based on the operator selection of the second plurality of individual traveling routes;
• generating the traveling route based on the obtained second plurality of individual traveling routes and the set order of the second plurality of individual traveling routes by connecting the second plurality of individual traveling routes according to the set order such that a starting point of a first individual traveling route in the set order is registered as a starting point of the traveling route and a destination point of a final individual traveling route in the set order is registered as the destination of the traveling route, and any individual traveling routes between the first and the final traveling routes are connected such that a starting point of a subsequent individual traveling route in the set order is connected to the destination of the previous individual traveling route in the set order;
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• causing the autonomous traveling device to travel based on the generated traveling route.