Area Coverage With An Autonomous Robot
OwnerEhud Peless, Shai Abramson +2inventors
InventorsEhud Peless, Shai Abramson, Ronen Friedman, Ilan Peleg
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Abstract
There is therefore provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker (48) located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot (40) with a navigation system (41) that navigated the robot (40) in generally straight, parallel lines from an initial location and turns the robot (40) when the robot (40) encounters one of the boundary markers (48), thereby to systematically move about the area to be covered. The sensor unit (43) senses proximity to one of the at least one boundary marker (48).
Claims5
A method for operating a robot comprising:
- moving the robot over a surface in accordance with a first scanning pattern;
- detecting at least one obstacle;
- and,
- moving the robot over the surface in accordance with a second scanning pattern while following the at least one obstacle along a path corresponding to at least a portion of the periphery of the at least one obstacle in response to the at least one obstacle being detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.