Autonomous Mobile Robot And Method For Controlling An Autonomous Mobile Robot
AssigneeRobArt GmbH
InventorsHarold Artes, Erwin Mascher, Vladimir Alexandrov
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Abstract
An autonomous mobile robot is described having a propulsion module designed to move the robot in its surroundings, a control module designed to transmit control commands to the propulsion module, the control commands being designed to control the movement of the robot, and a security module designed to detect a dangerous situation, classing an actual movement of the robot as dangerous on the basis of predetermined criteria, and to change or stop the movement of the robot when the movement is classed as dangerous.
Claims31
Autonomous mobile robot (100) with:
- a drive module (170), configured to move the robot (100) through an environment;
- a control module (140) configured to sent control commands to the drive module (170), wherein the control commands are configured to control the movement of the robot (100);
- and
- a safety module (150) configured to;
- detect a dangerous situation by assessing a current movement of the robot (100) controlled by the control module (140) to be dangerous based on specified criteria;
- and
- alter or stop the movement of the robot (100) if the current movement is assessed as being dangerous.
Robot (100) in accordance with any of the preceding claims, wherein the robot (100) further comprises a work module (160) that is configured to treat a floor surface.
Robot (100) in accordance with any of the preceding claims, further having a communication module (130) that is configured to establish a communication connection to at least one of
- a Human Machine Interface (200), and
- an external device (300).
Robot (100) in accordance with any of the preceding claims,
- wherein the control module (140) has a processor that is configured to execute a control software, and
- wherein the safety module (150) has a further separate processor that is configured to execute a software for the recognition of dangerous situations.
Method for controlling an autonomous mobile robot (100), the method comprising:
- controlling a movement of the robot (100) by a control module (140), wherein the controlling of the movement comprises the sending of control commands from the control module (140) to a drive module (170), wherein the drive module (170) is configured to move the robot (100) through an environment,
- detecting a dangerous situation by means of a safety module (150);
- assessing a current movement of the robot (100) as dangerous based on specified criteria when a dangerous situation has been detected;
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- altering or stopping a movement of the robot (100) by the safety module (150) if the movement is assessed as dangerous.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.