Abstract:
An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning assembly housing and at least one driven sweeper brush. The robot includes a controller and a removable sweeper bin configured to receive debris agitated by the driven sweeper brush. The sweeper bin includes an emitter disposed on an interior surface of the bin and a receiver disposed remotely from the emitter on the interior surface of the bin and configured to receive an emitter signal. The emitter and the receiver are disposed such that a threshold level of accumulation of debris in the sweeper bin blocks the receiver from receiving emitter emissions. The robot includes a bin controller disposed in the sweeper bin and monitoring a detector signal and initiating a bin full routine upon determining a bin debris accumulation level requiring service.
Abstract:
A cleaning robot system includes a robot and a robot maintenance station. The robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot as directed by a controller, and a cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing and a driven cleaning roller. The robot maintenance station includes a station housing and a docking platform configured to support the robot when docked. A mechanical agitator engages the roller of the robot with the robot docked. The agitator includes an agitator comb having multiple teeth configured to remove accumulated debris from the roller as the agitator comb and roller are moved relative to one another. The robot maintenance station includes a collection bin arranged to receive and hold debris removed by the mechanical agitator.
Abstract:
An autonomous cleaning apparatus including a body, a brush unit which is rotatably installed onto the body to collect dust from a bottom of the body, and a brush cleaning member including a first brush cleaning protrusion and a second brush cleaning protrusion that protrude toward the brush unit to make contact with the brush unit to remove foreign substances wound around the brush unit.
Abstract:
In a cleaning system, dust stored in a dust box is suspended in air introduced into the dust box through a first opening formed through a robot cleaner, and is then discharged to a second opening formed through a maintenance station through the first opening of the robot cleaner.
Abstract:
A robot cleaning system includes a cleaning robot, and a base station. The cleaning robot includes: a main body, a mover, and a mopping module, movably connected to the main body and including a replaceable cleaning layer. When the mopping module is in the first state, the cleaning layer is fitted to the working surface, and when it is in the second state, the cleaning layer is separated from the working surface, so that a working surface of the cleaning layer is exposed and is in contact with a cleaning layer removal mechanism. The cleaning robot also includes a driving mechanism configured to drive the mopping module to switch between the first state and the second state; and a controller configured to at least control the driving mechanism to drive the mopping module to switch from the first state to the second state when the cleaning layer needs to be replaced.
Abstract:
Provided are an operation control method of a dual washing machine, an electric appliance, and a dual washing machine. The operation control method of the dual washing machine includes: obtaining an in-base-station operation request of a floor cleaner; obtaining a predetermined operation characteristic of a clothes treatment device; and controlling, in accordance with the predetermined operation characteristic, whether the floor cleaner operates based on the in-base-station operation request. A base station of the floor cleaner is located in a space below the clothes treatment device. Mutual transmission of signals can be performed between the floor cleaner and the clothes treatment device. When it is determined that the operation process of the clothes treatment device may affect the operation performance of the floor cleaner based on the predetermined operation characteristic of the clothes treatment device, the floor cleaner can be controlled to prohibit operation based on the in-base-station operation request.
Abstract:
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base, a housing, and a pad cleaning system. The base can be configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot. The housing can be connected to the base. The pad cleaning system can be connected to the housing and can include a reservoir configured to retain liquid therein. The pad cleaning system can also include an agitator located at least partially within the reservoir. The agitator can be engageable with a cleaning pad of the mobile cleaning robot.
Abstract:
A docking station includes a base and a cleaning member assembly. The cleaning member assembly includes at least one cleaning member, a first bracket, a second bracket, and a power source. Each of the at least one cleaning member is mounted on the first bracket and the second bracket. One of the first bracket and the second bracket is a fixed bracket, and the other is a movable bracket. The movable bracket is driven to reciprocate along a straight line, in order to drive each the cleaning member to swing relative to the first bracket around a central axis.
Abstract:
A water tank assembly configured to be installed on a base station is provided. The water tank assembly includes: a tank body defined with a sewage cavity, the tank body being provided with a water inlet channel and a sewage discharging channel communicating with the sewage cavity; the sewage cavity being configured to receive sewage coming through the water inlet channel under a negative pressure inside the sewage cavity introduced by an external air source, and configured to discharge the sewage through the sewage discharging channel under a positive pressure inside the sewage cavity introduced by the external air source; and a one-way valve arranged in the water inlet channel, in case the sewage cavity is in a positive pressure state, the one-way valve being in a closed state, and in case the sewage cavity is in a negative pressure state, the one-way valve being in an open state.
Abstract:
A cleaning base station includes a base, a first electrode, an infrared module, and a guiding member. The base includes an open chamber accommodating a cleaning robot, and the open chamber includes a chamber sidewall extending in an arc shape. The first electrode is arranged on the chamber sidewall and contacts a second electrode of the cleaning robot. The infrared module is arranged on the chamber sidewall and aligns the cleaning robot. The guiding member is arranged on the chamber sidewall and protrudes from the chamber sidewall, the guiding member is capable of extending into a guiding groove defined on the cleaning robot, the guiding member includes a guiding part, the guiding part is positioned on one end of the guiding member far away from the chamber sidewall, and a cross-sectional size of the guiding part gradually decreases along a direction away from the chamber sidewall.