Methods and devices for cleaning garbage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional garbage-cleaning robots have low cleaning efficiency due to reliance on user-appointed schedules and inefficient navigation to locate newly generated garbage.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring apparatus and garbage-cleaning robot system that acquires and analyzes data to detect garbage presence and location, sending precise location information to the robot for timely and efficient cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If the garbage-cleaning robot uses user-appointed scheduling to clean the floor, then the robot can operate automatically without constant user intervention, but the cleaning efficiency is low because the robot cannot timely respond to newly generated garbage
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring apparatus continuously monitors the monitored area for garbage and provides feedback by sending location information to the garbage-cleaning robot when garbage is detected. This feedback mechanism enables the robot to respond to newly generated garbage in real-time rather than following a fixed schedule, thereby improving cleaning efficiency while maintaining automatic operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring apparatus performs preliminary detection and identification of garbage location before the robot begins cleaning. By pre-processing the task of locating garbage and providing accurate position information to the robot, the system eliminates the robot's need to travel the entire room to locate garbage, thus improving cleaning efficiency while the robot operates autonomously.
2Reliability
If the garbage-cleaning robot travels the entire room to locate garbage, then the robot can find any garbage anywhere in the room, but the cleaning efficiency is reduced due to unnecessary travel time
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring apparatus acts as an intermediary between the environment and the garbage-cleaning robot. It detects garbage presence and determines location information, then transmits this information to the robot. This intermediary role allows the robot to receive precise garbage location data without having to perform exhaustive room-wide searches, thereby maintaining reliable garbage location capability while significantly improving cleaning efficiency by eliminating unnecessary travel.
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AI summary
A garbage-cleaning method for use in a monitoring apparatus is provided. The method includes: acquiring monitored data about a monitored area; detecting whether garbage is present in the monitored area according to the monitored data; if garbage is present in the monitored area, acquiring location information of the garbage in the monitored area; and sending the location information of the garbage to a garbage-cleaning robot configured to clean the garbage according to the location information.