公开(公告)号：US20230009583A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17854296

申请日：2022-06-30

Applicant: Nilfisk A/S

Inventor： Brian Wicks ,  Andrew Graham

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A method of controlling the robotic floor cleaning machine is disclosed that includes sensing, by a sensor on the robotic cleaning machine, an object within a sensed field. The method further includes determining, by a safety controller on the robotic cleaning machine, whether the object is an immovable object (such as a wall), and deploying an extendable cleaning element to clean the floor surface up next to the wall. The method can further include deploying the extendable cleaning element such that the extendable cleaning element is in contact with and cleans the floor up to an edge of the immovable object. Additionally, the method can include determining that the object is a movable object (such as a living thing) and preventing the extendable cleaning element from extending such that the robotic cleaning machines does not contact the movable object.

公开(公告)号：US20220313046A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17842704

申请日：2022-06-16

Applicant: Nilfisk A/S

Inventor： Stephen Klopp ,  Stuart McDonald ,  Kipp Knutson ,  David Wood ,  Andrew Graham ,  Christian Kraft ,  Donald Joseph Legatt

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/30

Abstract: A method of controlling a robotic floor cleaning machine includes driving, by an operator, the robotic floor cleaning machine along a transport path and a cleaning path. The transport path defines a path for transport of the robotic floor cleaning machine without active cleaning and the cleaning path defines a path for a cleaning operation. The method further includes recording the transport path and the cleaning path driven by the operator; defining, in a controller of the robotic floor cleaning machine, a route comprising the recorded transport path and the recorded cleaning path, and defining the cleaning operation. The robotic floor cleaning machine executes the defined route and the cleaning operation.

公开(公告)号：US20220313047A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17842706

申请日：2022-06-16

Applicant: Nilfisk A/S

Inventor： Kipp Knutson ,  David Wood ,  Andrew Graham ,  Christian Kraft ,  Donald Joseph Legatt

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/30

Abstract: A method of controlling a robotic floor cleaning machine includes driving, by an operator, the robotic floor cleaning machine along a transport path and a cleaning path. The transport path defines a path for transport of the robotic floor cleaning machine without active cleaning and the cleaning path defines a path for a cleaning operation. The method further includes recording the transport path and the cleaning path driven by the operator; defining, in a controller of the robotic floor cleaning machine, a route comprising the recorded transport path and the recorded cleaning path, and defining the cleaning operation. The robotic floor cleaning machine executes the defined route and the cleaning operation.