Moving apparatus for cleaning, collaborative cleaning system, and method of controlling the same
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning robots struggle to efficiently divide and clean a shared cleaning zone when multiple robots are required, as they lack effective communication and coordination to optimize their cleaning paths and regions.
Innovation Solution
A collaborative cleaning system where multiple cleaning robots communicate with each other to assign individual cleaning regions based on their current locations, using processors to control their movement and cleaning operations, allowing for efficient division of labor and reduced cleaning time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple cleaning robots are deployed to clean a large cleaning zone, then the cleaning coverage and productivity are improved, but the coordination complexity and time loss increase due to lack of efficient division of labor
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning zone is divided into multiple individual cleaning regions, with each region assigned to a specific cleaning robot. The processor identifies current locations of all robots and automatically assigns regions to minimize travel distance and maximize cleaning efficiency, allowing parallel cleaning operations without coordination conflicts
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary assignment of cleaning regions to robots based on their current locations before cleaning begins. This pre-planning of cleaning paths and region assignments eliminates runtime coordination delays and optimizes the overall cleaning schedule
2Productivity
If multiple cleaning robots operate independently without communication, then the device complexity is reduced, but the cleaning efficiency deteriorates due to redundant paths and regions
Solution Approach 1:
The processor acts as an intermediary that receives location information from multiple cleaning robots through communicators, calculates optimal region assignments, and sends control signals back to each robot. This centralized coordination mechanism enables efficient collaborative cleaning while keeping individual robot structures simple
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where communicators continuously transmit location information to the processor, which then adjusts region assignments based on real-time robot positions and cleaning progress, optimizing the cleaning schedule dynamically
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to a moving apparatus for cleaning, a collaborative cleaning system, and a method of controlling the same, the moving apparatus for cleaning including: a cleaner configured to perform cleaning; a traveler configured to move the moving apparatus; a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus; and a processor configured to identify an individual cleaning region corresponding to the moving apparatus among a plurality of individual cleaning regions assigned to the moving apparatus and at least one different moving apparatus based on current locations throughout a whole cleaning region, based on information received through the communicator, and control the traveler and the cleaner to travel and clean the identified individual cleaning region. Thus, the individual cleaning regions are assigned based on the location information about the plurality of cleaning robots, and a collaborative clean is efficiently carried out with a total shortened cleaning time.