Gardening robot and related control method
AssigneeEmak S.P.A.
InventorGianluca BARBOLINI
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Abstract
A gardening robot is described, including supporting members adapted to stand on and in contact with the ground, at least one soil-working tool, a motor adapted to drive one or more of the supporting members, to cause a movement of the robot on the ground, a sensor system adapted to pick up a signal emitted by a boundary cable arranged along at least a portion of a boundary of a work area of the robot, and an electronic control unit connected with the sensor system and configured to measure, based on the signal picked up by the sensor system, a distance of the robot with respect to the boundary cable, adjust a movement speed of the robot on the ground, so as to reduce the speed as the measured distance decreases.
Claims10
A gardening robot comprising:
- supporting members adapted to stand on and in contact with the ground,
- at least one soil-working tool,
- a motor adapted to drive one or more of said supporting members, to cause the robot to move on the ground,
- a sensor system adapted to pick up a signal emitted by a boundary cable arranged along at least a portion of a boundary of a work area of the robot, and
- an electronic control unit connected to the sensor system and configured for:
- measuring, based on the signal picked up by the sensor system, a distance of the robot from the boundary cable, and
- adjusting a movement speed of the robot on the ground, so as to reduce said speed as the measured distance decreases.
A method for controlling a gardening robot, wherein the robot comprises supporting members adapted to stand on and in contact with the ground, at least one soil-working tool, and a motor adapted to drive one or more of said supporting members, to cause a movement of the robot on the ground, and wherein the method comprises:
- picking up a signal emitted by a boundary cable placed along at least a portion of a boundary of a work area of the robot,
- measuring, based on the signal picked up, a distance of the robot from the boundary cable,
- adjusting a movement speed of the robot on the ground, so as to re-duce the speed as the measured distance decreases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.