Title:
MOVABLE ROBOT CLEANER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015172967
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a movable robot cleaner cleaning a floor surface having arbitrary size and shape, which detects an escape method from an obstacle, and stops its movement in a case where it is determined to be a situation of being incapable of escaping.SOLUTION: A movable robot cleaner includes: movement means for moving a robot 10 on a floor surface; collision sensors 12, 13 detecting an obstacle to which the movable robot cleaner may contact or get close during movement; a cliff sensor 14 detecting a cliff; and a controller controlling the movement means on the basis of output signals from the collision sensors and cliff sensor. When the cliff sensor detects a cliff beyond a predetermined time, the controller stops movement of the robot moved by the movement means.
Inventors:
JONES JOSEPH
MASS PHILIP R
MASS PHILIP R
Application Number:
JP2015111823A
Publication Date:
October 01, 2015
Filing Date:
June 02, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IROBOT CORP
International Classes:
B08B13/00; G05D1/02; B25J5/00; B25J13/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH09206258A | 1997-08-12 | |||
| JPH0595883A | 1993-04-20 | |||
| JPH0496720A | 1992-03-30 | |||
| JPH10228316A | 1998-08-25 | |||
| JPH06254020A | 1994-09-13 | |||
| JPH0962354A | 1997-03-07 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shuhei Matsuoka
Eihiro Oyama
Eihiro Oyama