Floor cleaning and disinfecting robot
AssigneeCarnegie Robotics, LLC
InventorsDaniel King BEAVEN, Coleman Scott KNABE, David LAROSE, Troy Edward TANCRAITOR, David R. WOZNY
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Abstract
An assembly of a self-propelled floor cleaning unit and a floor disinfecting unit. The floor disinfecting unit may be detachably attached to the floor cleaning unit. The areas covered by the floor cleaning unit and floor disinfecting unit may be logged and reported.
Claims20
A system for cleaning and disinfecting surfaces, the system comprising a self-propelled unit comprising a surface cleaning element, a surface disinfecting element and a controller, the controller being configured to:
- determine a first area of a surface cleaned by the surface cleaning element, and
- determine a second area of the surface disinfected by the surface disinfecting element.
An assembly comprising:
- a self-propelled unit having a main direction of movement,
- a surface cleaning element connected to the self-propelled unit,
- a surface disinfecting element detachably connected to the self-propelled unit, the surface disinfecting element connected to the self-propelled unit behind the surface cleaning element in the main direction of movement.
An assembly of a self-propelled unit and a disinfecting element, wherein the assembly comprises a determining element configured to determine a velocity of the disinfecting element over a surface and for controlling the disinfection of the disinfecting element on the basis of a determined velocity.
A method of operating an assembly of a self-propelled unit and a disinfecting element to disinfect a surface, the method comprising determining a velocity of the disinfecting element over the surface and controlling the disinfection of the disinfecting element on the basis of a determined velocity.
An assembly comprising:
- a self-propelled unit having:
- an instruction outputting element for outputting wireless instructions and
- a surface cleaning element,
- a surface disinfecting element detachably connected to the self-propelled unit and comprising:
- a power source and
- a receiver for receiving wireless information from the instruction outputting element and for controlling the disinfecting operation of the disinfecting element based on wireless instructions received.
A method of operating an assembly comprising:
- a self-propelled unit having:
- an instruction outputting element for outputting instructions and
- a surface cleaning element,
- a surface disinfecting element detachably connected to the self-propelled unit and comprising:
- a power source and
- a receiver for receiving information and for controlling the disinfecting operation,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- the instruction outputting element outputting wireless instructions,
- the receiver receiving the wireless instructions and controlling the disinfecting operation in accordance with the instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.