To provide a robot and a base station which can be appropriately and accurately joined regardless of the position of the base station.
The method for docking a robot device and the base station includes the steps of: detecting a low energy level in an on-board battery; matching the direction of the robot to an overlap detected between two infrared beams radiated by the station; detecting contact between charging terminals of the robot and the base station; charging the on-board battery; and restarting a task of the robot such as vacuum cleaning. A system for irradiating an avoidance signal for preventing contact due to carelessness between the robot and the base station, and a system for irradiating a return signal for accurately docking the robot device to the base station are also disclosed.
COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Daniel Ozic
Clarabs
James Lynch
Philip Earl. Mass
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