Outdoor treatment system with robot contact element for avoidance movement

An outdoor treatment system, comprising:

• an autonomous mobile outdoor treatment robot,
• wherein the outdoor treatment robot comprises a chassis and a contact element,
• wherein the chassis is designed to execute a travelling movement of the outdoor treatment robot in a direction of travel,
• wherein the contact element is designed to execute an avoiding movement in an avoiding direction as a result of the travelling movement in the direction of travel and contact between an obstacle and a lower contact point below a height limit and to execute a detection movement in a detection direction as a result of the travelling movement in the direction of travel and contact between an obstacle and an upper contact point at or above the height limit, the contact element being mounted so as to be movable with respect to the chassis, wherein the avoiding direction and the detection direction are different;
• and
• a sensor and control device,
• wherein the sensor and control device is designed to detect the detection movement or a movement caused by the detection movement, and to control a protective function of the outdoor treatment robot triggered by the detected detection movement or the detected movement,
• wherein the sensor and control device does not detect or evaluate the avoiding movement or a movement caused by the avoiding movement,
• wherein the outdoor treatment robot comprises at least one element swing arm,
• wherein the element swing arm is mounted so as to be movable in rotation about an axis of rotation, wherein the axis of rotation is non-parallel with respect to the direction of travel,
• wherein the contact element is connected to the element swing arm in such a way that the avoiding movement in the avoiding direction causes an avoiding rotational movement of the element swing arm about the axis of rotation in an avoiding rotational direction, and the detection movement in the detection direction causes a detection rotational movement of the element swing arm about the axis of rotation in a detection rotational direction, wherein the avoiding rotational direction and the detection rotational direction are different,
• wherein the sensor and control device is designed to detect the detection rotational movement or a movement caused by the detection rotational movement, and to control the protective function triggered by the detected detection rotational movement or the detected movement, and
• wherein the sensor and control device does not detect or evaluate the avoiding rotational movement or a movement caused by the avoiding rotational movement.

An outdoor treatment system, comprising:

• an autonomous mobile outdoor treatment robot,
• wherein the outdoor treatment robot comprises a chassis and a contact element,
• wherein the chassis is designed to execute a travelling movement of the outdoor treatment robot in a direction of travel,
• wherein the contact element is designed to execute an avoiding movement in an avoiding direction as a result of the travelling movement in the direction of travel and contact between an obstacle and a lower contact point below a height limit and to execute a detection movement in a detection direction as a result of the travelling movement in the direction of travel and contact between an obstacle and an upper contact point at or above the height limit, the contact element being mounted so as to be movable with respect to the chassis, wherein the avoiding direction and the detection direction are different;
• and
• a sensor and control device,
• wherein the sensor and control device is designed to detect the detection movement or a movement caused by the detection movement, and to control a protective function of the outdoor treatment robot triggered by the detected detection movement or the detected movement,
• wherein the sensor and control device does not detect or evaluate the avoiding movement or a movement caused by the avoiding movement,
• wherein the outdoor treatment robot comprises a cover hood,
• wherein the cover hood is above the contact element and is mounted so as to be movable with respect to the chassis,
• wherein the contact element is mounted so as to be movable with respect to the cover hood in such a way that the detection movement causes a hood movement counter to the direction of travel, of the cover hood with respect to the chassis, and the avoiding movement does not, and
• wherein the sensor and control device is designed to detect the hood movement or a movement caused by the hood movement and to control the protective function triggered by the detected hood movement or the detected movement.