Cleaning robot system and operating method thereof

Abstract

A cleaning robot system includes a cleaning robot and a charging dock. The cleaning robot carries a first battery. The charging dock magnetically attracts a second battery and charges the second battery. When the cleaning robot is electrically connected to the charging dock and an electrical quantity of the first battery is lower than a default electrical quantity, the charging dock magnetically attracts the first battery and releases the second battery and the cleaning robot carries the second battery.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the priority benefit of China application serial no. 201810096405.8, filed on Jan. 31, 2018. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.BACKGROUNDTechnical Field[0002]The disclosure relates to a robot system and an operating method thereof, and particularly relates to a cleaning robot system and an operating method thereofDescription of Related Art[0003]Presently, development of robots gradually draws attention, and the field of robots includes cleaning robots for cleaning environments. However, as functions of the cleaning robots are gradually increased and application ranges thereof are no longer limited to household use, batteries for the cleaning robots require long-term endurance. The conventional cleaning robot must return and stay at a charging station at regular intervals to wait for the battery to be charged, and is...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]The disclosure is directed to a cleaning robot system, which is adapted to automatically replace a battery in rapid, and has good working performance.

[0005]The disclosure is directed to an operating method of a cleaning robot system, which provides a cleaning robot adapted to work uninterruptedly, and has good working performance.

[0008]According to the above description, in the design of the cleaning robot system of the disclosure, the cleaning robot system includes a plurality of batteries, and first electromagnets magnetically attract the corresponding batteries to selectively carry a part of or all of the batteries. When the cleaning robot carries all of the batteries, a high power-consuming cleaning task is adapted to be carried out or a working time is adapted to be prolonged. When the cleaning robot carries a part of the batteries, since the charging dock of the disclosure is adapted to keep the other part of the batteries that are not carried by the cleaning robot in the charging dock for charging, the cleaning robot of the disclosure may return to the charging dock to rapidly and easily replace the battery, which prolongs a time that the cleaning robot carries out the cleaning task and reduces an idle time that the cleaning robot waits for batteries to charge, so as to achieve uninterrupted working of the cleaning robot to improve working efficiency. Moreover, the cleaning robot of the disclosure may be magnetically attracted and be positioned by the charging dock when executing a return procedure, so that the cleaning robot may be stably connected to the charging dock without fixing the charging dock on a wall, so as to improve configuration selectivity of the charging dock in the environment.

Problems solved by technology

However, as functions of the cleaning robots are gradually increased and application ranges thereof are no longer limited to household use, batteries for the cleaning robots require long-term endurance.

The conventional cleaning robot must return and stay at a charging station at regular intervals to wait for the battery to be charged, and is unable to continuously carry out cleaning operations.

Therefore, a cleaning robot system that may quickly and automatically replace the battery without waiting for a charging time and may increase a working time is an urgent product required in the field.

When the cleaning robot carries all of the batteries, a high power-consuming cleaning task is adapted to be carried out or a working time is adapted to be prolonged.

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