111 results about "Robotic lawn mower" patented technology

A method of operating a mowing system, the method including mowing within a work area, wherein mowing is performed by a robotic lawn mower, and wherein the work area comprises a plurality of base stations each configured to charge the robotic lawn mower; determining when to charge the robotic lawn mower in view of a current charge level and a current location of the robotic lawn mower.

Techniques and architectures for manually controlling a lawn mower while a user is positioned on or within proximity to the lawn mower are discussed herein. For example, the lawn mower can include a control interface having a handle that the user grips with one or more fingers and a control attached to the handle to receive input from one or more other fingers of the user. The control can include a lever or other element with opposing tabs configured to receive input from fingers of the user.

The invention relates to a handheld remote controller of an automatic mower, belongs to the technical field of automatic mowers, and solves the problem that an automatic leather cutting machine is inconvenient to control in the prior art. The handheld remote controller comprises a metal shell, a display module and a rocker key input module are arranged on the metal shell, and a control communication module is arranged in the metal shell; the rocker key input module is used for receiving a control instruction of a user to the automatic mower and transmitting the control instruction to the control communication module; the control communication module is used for sending the control instruction to the automatic mower, and the automatic mower moves under the control of the control instruction; the receiving module is used for receiving real-time state information when the automatic mower moves; and the display module is used for receiving the real-time state information from the control communication module and displaying the real-time state information. And real-time control of the automatic mower is realized.

Provided is an autonomous lawn mowing system having improved safety. An autonomous lawn mowing system 1 is provided with: a position-information acquisition unit 14 that acquires position information concerning the position of an autonomous lawn mower 2 that is capable of travelling by itself; a moisture-information acquisition unit 15 that acquires moisture information concerning the moisture content of turf; a wet-ground identification unit 31 that identifies a wet region on the basis of the position information and the moisture information; and a control module 34 that controls the autonomous lawn mower 2 on the basis of the result identified by the wet-ground identification unit 31.

An autonomous lawn mower is described. The autonomous lawn mower comprises a chassis supporting a podium that is raked forward with respect to a horizontal plane. In some examples, the podium comprises a top portion that may support one or more sensors, antennas and / or cameras that may be used to provide environmental information regarding the surroundings of the autonomous lawn mower. In additional or alternative examples, the podium may facilitate communication services to and / or from the autonomous lawn mower. Such a podium may improve the operation of the mower by a user when manually (or semi-autonomously controlled) while optimizing a field of view of such sensors with respect to the mowable area.

The invention discloses a full-automatic mower, and relates to the technical field of mowers. The full-automatic mower comprises a vehicle body, supports are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the front and back of the end face of the vehicle body, a segmented mowing part used for conducting segmented cutting and smashing according to the height of grass is jointly arranged on the two supports, a mowing unit comprises a C-shaped mounting frame fixedly connected between two front and back adjacent sliding columns, and a grass smashing assembly is arranged in the mounting frame; according to the invention, the distance between the mowing units is flexibly adjusted according to the height of the grass, and the upper half section and the lower half section of the tall grass are sequentially harvested by adopting the ladder-shaped up-down staggered arrangement, so that the phenomenon that the tall grass is pressed down and missed in mowing is avoided, the mowing efficiency is improved, and the mowing efficiency is improved. And the cut grass clippings are subjected to secondary refining and crushing through uniform distribution and discharge and are uniformly discharged and spread, so that the grass clippings are shorter and are uniformly distributed, and the fine crushing and field returning effects are greatly improved.

Techniques are directed to controlling a mower. Such techniques involve initiating an automated mowing task that directs the mower to operate in a geographic area defined by a virtual boundary. Such techniques further involve electronically detecting presence of a device within the geographic area defined by the virtual boundary. Such techniques further involve suspending the automated mowing task in response to detecting the presence of the device within the geographic area defined by the virtual boundary.

A robotic lawn mower (100) includes a traction motor system (114) and a blade motor system (116) that, respectively, drives wheels (110) and drives a blade (108) of the robotic lawn mower (100). The robotic lawn mower also includes processing circuitry (102) for receiving user inputs that indicate a boundary (432), a mow pattern (1210), and / or a pre-planned path for a location (400). The processing circuitry (102) may control the traction motor system (114) and the blade motor system (116), in accordance with the user input, such that the robotic lawn mower (100) mows a lawn (430) at the location (400) based on the boundary (432), the mow pattern (1210), and / or the pre-planned path. The processing circuitry (102) may also detect an obstacle (820) in the lawn (430) based on the data generated by sensors (810) and operate the robotic lawn mower (100) to avoid the obstacle (820) and continue to mow the lawn based on the boundary (432), mow pattern (1210), and / or pre-planned path.WO

A robotic lawn mower parking garage includes a lid part having a longitudinal extension running between a first and second end, and two opposing wall parts extending between a bottom plane and the lid part. The lid part and the wall parts include two pairs of a closed hinge slot and a respective hinge pin, where, for each pair, the hinge pin moves and pivots in the respective hinge slot, between a first and second slot end, when the lid part is moved relative the wall parts, around a pivot axis. The lid part and the wall parts include locking means adapted to be released from a locking position, where the lid part is prevented from pivoting around the pivot axis, to an open position, where the lid part pivots around the pivot axis when the hinge pins bear on a second end of the respective hinge slot, opposite the first end.

Charging stations for robotic lawn mowers (part of-)

A robotic lawn mower interaction station may be adapted to receive an oncoming robotic lawn mower. The interaction station includes a charging tower with a charging transmission arrangement that is adapted to provide a charge current, delivered from a station charging unit, to a charging reception arrangement of a docked robotic lawn mower. The interaction station includes a reception ground plate that extends from the charging tower towards a frontmost part, included in an entering edge. The ground plate is constituted by a plate part and one ridge part that extends a certain ridge height from the plate part.

A mowing system including a base station disposed at a work area; and a plurality of robotic lawn mowers disposed at the work area, the plurality of robotic lawn mowers including a first robotic lawn mower and a second robotic lawn mower, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with the second robotic lawn mower through the first robotic lawn mower.

Charging stations for Robotic lawn mowers

An out-of-bounds prevention control method for a robotic lawn mower. The method comprises: equipping a robotic lawn mower with a sensor assembly to perform boundary line and obstacle detection, wherein the sensor assembly is composed of a boundary line sensor and an obstacle sensor (S1); implementing sub-region division, performing boundary segmentation and operating node setting on sub-regions, accurately measuring operating node coordinates, and constructing quadrilateral cells (S2); on the basis of terrain and obstacle conditions, adjusting the specifications of all the quadrilateral cells, so as to obtain minimized local meshes (S3); using a formula to perform quality optimization on the minimized local meshes, so as to acquire a target region (S4); and on the basis of the target region, analyzing a travelling path of the robotic lawn mower, so as to acquire an abnormal signal, and taking into account the abnormal signal, further determining whether the robotic lawn mower is out of bounds (S5).

The embodiment of the application provides a mowing control method and an automatic mower. The method obtains load information of a cutting motor of the automatic mower, judges whether the load information satisfies a first preset condition, reduces a driving speed of the automatic mower if yes, then continues to judge whether the load information satisfies the first preset condition, and raises a height of a cutting piece driven by the cutting motor until the load information does not satisfy the first preset condition. In this way, the risk of excessive load of the cutting motor is effectively reduced, and the cutting integrity and neatness of a lawn with high cutting difficulty are improved.

The invention provides a mowing robot and a charging station thereof. The mowing robot comprises a battery pack; the charging electrode is used for being in butt joint with a charging device of a charging station so as to form a charging circuit for charging the battery pack; the robot control device is used for controlling the mowing robot to work; the robot control device is further used for generating a control signal according to the time information of the mowing robot; and transmitting the control signal to the charging station through the charging circuit so as to update the time information of the charging station. Starting delay of the lighting device of the charging station caused by time deviation can be reduced, and the situation that the mowing robot cannot return to the charging station due to insufficient light is avoided. Moreover, the mowing robot transmits the control signal based on the time information by using the existing charging circuit, and an additional communication module is saved, so that the system design is simplified, and the cost is reduced.

1. The name of the design product: automatic mowing robot. 2. The use of the design product: for mowing. 3. The design points of the design product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best shows the design points: perspective view 1.

Methods and systems are provided for controlling automatic travel of a power machine, particularly a mower. A set of points associated with a geographical area can be used to define a work path for a work task associated with the geographical area. The power machine can be controlled to perform the work task by traveling along the work path.

Figure 1.1 is a perspective view of the lawnmower robot showing our new design. Figure 1.2 is its front view. Figure 1.3 is its back view. Figure 1.4 is its left side view. Figure 1.5 is its right side view. Figure 1.6 is its top view. Figure 1.7 is its bottom view. 1.1) Perspective view; 1.2) Front view; 1.3) Back view; 1.4) Left side view; 1.5) Right side view; 1.6) Top view; 1.7) Bottom view

The application relates to a control method of an automatic mower, which comprises the following steps: a, controlling the automatic mower to move along a first path with a first advancing direction, and the automatic mower generates two first imprints on the lawn; b, controlling the automatic mower to move along a second path with a second advancing direction, the second path is offset from the first path by a path offset B, and the automatic mower generates two second imprints on the lawn; c, controlling the automatic mower to move along a third path with the first advancing direction, the third path is offset from the second path by the path offset B, and the automatic mower generates two first imprints on the lawn; and d, controlling the automatic mower to move along a fourth path with the second advancing direction, the fourth path is offset from the third path by the path offset B, and the automatic mower generates two second imprints on the lawn.

An automatic lawnmower (100) and a method for controlling the automatic lawnmower (100) are disclosed. The lawnmower (100) includes: a body having a housing (101) and a driving mechanism (102) for moving the body; a main mowing unit (103) located below the housing (101) and having a first cutting area (108); a trimming unit (104) located outside the main mowing unit (103) and having a second cutting area (112) different from the first cutting area (108), wherein the side of the second cutting area (112) away from the first cutting area (108) is at least flush with and / or partially extends beyond the outer side of the housing (101); and a protective cover configured to at least cover the portion of the trimming unit (104) located outside the housing (101) and / or the portion flush with the outer side of the housing (101) when the trimming unit (104) is in operation. The automatic lawnmower (100) and the method of controlling the automatic lawnmower (100) can avoid injury to personnel when the trimming unit (104) is working, thus improving the safety of the automatic lawnmower (100).

Techniques and architectures for controlling movement of a system along a desired path in an efficient manner are discussed herein. For example, an autonomous lawn mower can be configured to determine a target state for the autonomous lawn mower indicating a target position, orientation, linear velocity, rotational velocity, etc. The autonomous lawn mower can determine a difference between a current state of the autonomous lawn mower and the target state. Based on the difference, the autonomous lawn mower can determine an amount of force / torque and control the autonomous lawn mower to move based on the amount of force / torque, which can cause the autonomous lawn mower to realign with a target state.

An autonomous lawn mower comprises: a lawn mower body that performs lawn mower work while performing self-driving; a control unit that controls the lawn mower body on the basis of recorded work operation content; a forward imaging means that is provided so as to face forward in the advancement direction of the lawn mower body; and a rear imaging means that is provided so as to face rearward in the advancement direction of the lawn mower body. If the rear imaging results detected by the rear imaging means are within a prescribed range, the control unit determines the work operation content in accordance with the forward imaging results detected by the forward imaging means.

Brief description of drawings; fig. 1.1 is a front elevation view of our new design, showing a robotic lawn mower; fig. 1.2 is a rear elevation view thereof; fig. 1.3 is a left side elevation view thereof; fig. 1.4 is a right side elevation view thereof; fig. 1.5 is a top plan view thereof; fig. 1.6 is a bottom plan view thereof; fig. 1.7 is a perspective view thereof; fig. 1.8 is another perspective view thereof; fig. 1.9 is an enlarged view of a part marked A in fig. 1.7; fig. 1.10 is an enlarged view of a part marked B in fig. 1.7;fig. 1.11 is an enlarged view of a part marked C in fig. 1.7; fig. 1.12 is an enlarged view of a part marked D in fig. 1.7; fig. 1.13 is an enlarged view of a part marked E in fig. 1.7; fig. 1.14 is an enlarged view of a part marked F in fig. 1.8; and fig. 1.15 is an enlarged view of a part marked G in fig. 1.8.

The even-dash broken lines in the drawings illustrate portions of the robotic lawn mower that form no part of the claimed design; the dot-dash broken lines in figs. 1.1, 1.5 and 1.9-1.11 are boundary lines that are included for reference purposes only to identify the enlarged views and form no part of the claimed design, and the numbers “1.9” and “1.10” in fig.1.1, "1.11" in fig.1.5 are included to show an enlarged partial view only and form no part of the claimed design.

Provided are a mowing path generation method and a related apparatus. The mowing path generation method comprises: acquiring a mowing map and machine data; on the basis of the mowing map, determining a plurality of obstacle regions (51, 52, 53, 54); on the basis of the plurality of obstacle regions (51, 52, 53, 54) and the machine data, determining at least one concentric pattern, wherein each concentric pattern of the at least one concentric pattern surrounds at least one corresponding obstacle region; and on the basis of the at least one concentric pattern, determining a target mowing path. At least one concentric pattern is determined on the basis of the plurality of obstacle regions (51, 52, 53, 54) and machine data of an automatic mower (110), each concentric pattern surrounds at least one corresponding obstacle region, and the target mowing path is then determined on the basis of the at least one concentric pattern, such that the automatic mower (110) creates a concentric pattern around a landscape feature on a lawn according to the target mowing path, so as to beautify the lawn around the landscape feature, reduce the visual abruptness of the landscape feature on the lawn and improve the overall presentation effect of the pattern on the lawn, thereby improving the user experience.

The invention relates to methods for correcting a pose of a mobile device, in particular a robotic lawn mower, which moves or is intended to move in an environment, comprising the following steps: providing (400) a reference data set, which has a reference image (300a) of the environment captured by means of a sensor of the mobile device and a reference pose of the mobile device when the reference image is captured; providing a current data set, which has a current image (300b) of the environment captured by means of the sensor of the mobile device and a current pose of the mobile device when the current image is captured, wherein the current image has been captured after a movement of the mobile device in the environment has taken place, and wherein the current pose of the mobile device has been determined in particular on the basis of SLAM and the performed movement; tracking one or more features (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5) between the current image and the reference image to obtain a differential pose; correcting the current pose of the mobile device based on the differential pose in order to obtain a corrected pose of the mobile device; and providing the corrected pose of the mobile device, in particular for navigation of the mobile device.

A robotic lawn mower includes an environmental detection system that in turn comprises at least one camera arrangement adapted to capture environmental images and a control unit adapted to process the captured images to provide environment data. Each camera arrangement comprises an image sensor and at least two light sources adapted to emit light towards the environment. At least two co-operating light sources of said light sources have mutually different optical characteristics that confer mutually different light distribution characteristics.