Title:
SELF-PROPELLED ROBOT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/199198
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a self-propelled robot for which damage due to falling or the like of the self-propelled robot can be prevented, and which is able to perform work efficiently on a flat surface. This robot (1), which moves by self-propulsion on a structure having a flat surface and performs work on the flat surface of the structure, is equipped with a robot main body part (2) provided with a movement means (4) for the purpose of self-propulsion, and a control unit that controls the movement of the robot main body unit (2). The control unit is equipped with an edge detection unit (31) that detects the end edges of the flat surface, and the control unit has a function that controls the operation of the movement means (4) on the basis of a signal from the edge detection unit (31) so as to maintain a distance of equal to or greater than a prescribed distance between the movement means (4) and the end edges of the flat surface.
Inventors:
MIYAKE TOHRU (JP)
MORITA KAZUO (JP)
MATSUUCHI HIDETO (JP)
MORITA KAZUO (JP)
MATSUUCHI HIDETO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/068409
Publication Date:
December 30, 2015
Filing Date:
June 25, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MIRAIKIKAI INC (JP)
International Classes:
G05D1/02; A47L9/00; A47L9/28; H02S40/10
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NAKAI Hiroshi et al. (JP)
Hiroshi Nakai (JP)
Hiroshi Nakai (JP)
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