Robotic cleaner and methods of operating the same
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsScott TEUSCHER, John LEWIS
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Abstract
A robotic cleaner may include one or more driven wheels, one or more sensors configured to detect one or more features of an environment, an air jet assembly configured to generate an air jet, and a side brush, a side brush operational state of the side brush corresponding to an air jet operational state of the air jet assembly.
Claims20
A robotic cleaner comprising:an agitator chamber;a dust cup;a suction motor fluidly coupled to the agitator chamber and the dust cup, the suction motor configured to urge air into the dust cup;one or more sensors configured to detect one or more features of an environment;an air jet assembly configured to generate an air jet;a fan fluidly coupled to the air jet assembly and configured to urge air to flow through the air jet assembly to generate the air jet;
- anda controller configured to cause the robotic cleaner to carry out a cleaning behavior along a vertical surface that includes a discontinuity, the cleaning behavior being configured to cause the robotic cleaner to:follow the vertical surface in a direction of the discontinuity while the fan is enabled to generate the air jet;determine an approach separation distance between the robotic cleaner and a first side of the discontinuity;in response to the approach separation distance being less than an approach threshold, disable the fan to discontinue generation of the air jet;
- andtravel across the discontinuity in a direction of a second side of the discontinuity.
A robotic cleaner comprising:an agitator chamber;a dust cup;a suction motor fluidly coupled to the agitator chamber and the dust cup, the suction motor configured to urge air into the dust cup;one or more sensors configured to detect one or more features of an environment;an air jet assembly configured to generate an air jet;
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- a controller configured to cause the robotic cleaner to carry out a cleaning behavior along a vertical surface that includes a discontinuity, the cleaning behavior being configured to cause the robotic cleaner to:follow the vertical surface in a direction of the discontinuity while generating the air jet;determine an approach separation distance between the robotic cleaner and a first side of the discontinuity;in response to the approach separation distance being less than an approach threshold, discontinue generation of the air jet;
- andtravel across the discontinuity in a direction of a second side of the discontinuity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.