Autonomous robot apparatus and method for controlling the same
AssigneeRoboLabs, Inc.
InventorMichael Todd LETSKY
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Abstract
An autonomous robot apparatus that is activated to perform a work routine upon detecting the accumulation of precipitation. In one aspect, the invention can be an autonomous robot apparatus comprising: a chassis; a plurality of wheels mounted to the chassis; a drive system mounted to the chassis and operably coupled to the plurality of wheels; a control module operably coupled to the drive system; a precipitation sensing module comprising an accumulation level sensor configured to generate and transmit, to the control module, a first signal upon a predetermined initial accumulation level being detected; and the control module configured to activate the autonomous robot apparatus to perform a first instance of a work routine upon receipt of the first signal.
Claims20
An autonomous robot apparatus comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of wheels mounted to the chassis;
- a drive system mounted to the chassis and operably coupled to the plurality of wheels;
- a control module operably coupled to the drive system;
- a precipitation sensing module comprising art accumulation level sensor configured to generate and transmit, to the control module, a first signal upon a predetermined initial accumulation level being detected;
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- the control module configured to activate the autonomous robot apparatus to perform a first instance of a work routine upon receipt of the first signal.
A. method of controlling an autonomous robot comprising a chassis, a plurality of wheels mounted to the chassis, a drive system mounted to the chassis and operably coupled to the plurality of wheels and a control module operably coupled to the drive system, the method comprising:
- a) detecting, with an accumulation level sensor, precipitation accumulation levels;
- b) upon a predetermined initial accumulation level being detected by the accumulation level sensor, generating and transmitting to the control module a first signal;
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- c) upon the control module receiving the first signal, activating the autonomous robot to perform a first instance of a work routine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.