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US 12,697,006 B2Granted
Floor treatment by means of an autonomous mobile robot
AssigneePapst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsHarold Artes, David Conti, Christoph Freudenthaler, Dominik Seethaler, Reinhard Vogel
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Abstract
An embodiment relates to a method for controlling an autonomous mobile robot, comprising the following steps: controlling the robot in a treatment mode to treat a floor surface by means of a floor treatment module of the robot, detecting, by means of a dirt sensor mounted on the robot, a dirt sensor signal representing the soiling of the floor surface, and modifying the speed of the robot in response to the dirt sensor signal.
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A method for controlling an autonomous mobile robot, comprising the following:
- controlling the robot in a treatment mode for treating a floor surface with a floor treatment module of the robot;
- detecting a dirt sensor signal representing the level of soiling of the floor surface by means of a dirt sensor arranged on the robot;
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- modifying a speed of the robot during the treatment of the floor surface based on the dirt sensor signal,
- wherein the robot, in the treatment mode, moves over the floor surface at a speed which is less than or equal to a maximum speed associated with the treatment mode, and
- wherein modifying the speed of the robot is achieved by reducing the maximum speed and a current speed of the robot is only reduced if the current speed of the robot is greater than the reduced maximum speed.
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