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US 2025/0093885 A1Published application
Docking system for mobile robot and method thereof
AssigneeCOGA ROBOTICS Co.,Ltd.
InventorsIlhong SUH, Yongnyeon KIM, Dongwook KO, Taemin YEON
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Abstract
A method for docking a mobile robot with a charging station is disclosed. The method for docking a mobile robot with a charging station according to an embodiment may comprise the steps of: acquiring, by a LiDAR provided in the mobile robot, terrain information around the mobile robot; clustering consecutive points from distance and angle information to form a cluster; determining a location of the charging station from the cluster; and calculating a route to the charging station.
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A method for docking a mobile robot with a docking system, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by a LiDAR provided in the mobile robot, terrain information around the mobile robot;
- clustering consecutive points from distance and angle information to form a cluster;
- determining a location of the charging station from the cluster;
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- calculating a route to the charging station.
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A mobile robot comprising:
- a LiDAR acquiring distance and angle information of surrounding objects of a mobile robot;
- a storage unit storing reference information of a charging station;
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- a control unit determining, as an intermediate goal point, a point where a virtual line in a direction perpendicular to the charging station and a virtual circle surrounding the mobile robot by using the distance and angle information, and calculating a route moving to the intermediate goal point and a route to the charging station.
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