Autonomous work system and method for controlling autonomous work machine
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsKatsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA
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AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsKatsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA
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An autonomous work system includes an autonomous work machine, a plurality of supplementary charging stations, and a controller. The autonomous work machine moves along a work route that sequentially passes through multiple work positions and performs a predetermined task at each of the work positions. The plurality of supplementary charging stations are arranged along the work route to charge the battery by wireless power transfer. The controller acquires a remaining charge of the battery. The controller determines whether additional charging of the battery is necessary in a middle of the work route based on the remaining charge of the battery. The controller determines the work route to move the autonomous work machine to one of the plurality of supplementary charging stations in a middle of the work route to perform the additional charging of the battery upon determining that the additional charging is necessary.
An autonomous working system, comprising:
A method for controlling an autonomous work machine that includes a battery and that is configured to move along a work route that sequentially passes through a plurality of work positions to perform a predetermined task at each of the plurality of work positions, the method comprising:
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