F Robotics Acquisitions Ltd.

Friendly Robotics Ltd.

F Robotics Acquistions, Ltd.

F Robotics Ltd.

Ehud Peless

Shai Abramson

Ilan Peleg

Gideon Dror

Ronen Friedman

Shai Abrahamson

A robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker () located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot () with a navigation system () that navigates the robot () in generally straight, parallel lines from an initial location and turns the robot () when the robot () encounters one of the boundary markers (), thereby to systematically move about the area to be covered. The sensor unit () senses proximity to one of the at least one boundary marker ().

Area coverage with an autonomous robot

There is therefore provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker () located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot () with a navigation system () and a sensor unit (). The navigator system () navigates the robot () in generally straight, parallel lines from an initial location and turns the robot () when the robot () encounters one of the boundary markers (), thereby to systematically move about the area to be covered. The sensor unit () senses proximity to one of the at least one boundary marker ().

A method for automatically operating a robot, attached to a lawnmower or other unmanned machine, within an enclosed area is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: 1) providing the following elements: a proximity sensor positioned on the robot, a boundary along the perimeter of the working area and along the perimeter of each area enclosed in the working area in which the robot should not operate, the boundaries being detectable by the proximity sensor, a processing unit connected to the proximity sensor and receiving an input therefrom, a navigation unit on the robot to determine the coordinates of the robot relative to an arbitrary origin, a direction finder, and a memory to store values generated by the processing unit; and 2) causing the robot to move along each of the boundaries provided around or within the working area, to detect the boundaries and to memorize their shape, and to store in the memory values representative of the coordinates of the boundaries, thereby to generate a basic map of the working area. When the robot is to operate within the area, the method includes the steps of: (a) causing the robot to start from a starting point having known coordinates within the basic map of the working area; (b) continuously determining the coordinates of the robot by analyzing data obtained from the navigation unit and by detecting the vicinity of a boundary; and (c) correcting the actual position of the robot on the basic map by comparing the calculated and the actual coordinates of each detected boundary.

Navigation method and system for autonomous machines with markers defining the working area

There is therefore provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker () located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot () with a navigation system () and a sensor unit (). The navigation system () navigates the robot () in generally straight, parallel lines from an initial location and turns the robot () when the robot () encounters one of the boundary markers (), thereby to systematically move about the area to be covered. The sensor unit () senses proximity to one of the at least one boundary marker ().

There is therefore provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker ( ) located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot ( ) with a navigation system ( ) and a sensor unit ( ). The navigation system ( ) navigates the robot ( ) in generally straight, parallel lines from an initial location and turns the robot ( ) when the robot ( ) encounters one of the boundary markers ( ), thereby to systematically move about the area to be covered. The sensor unit ( ) senses proximity to one of the at least one boundary marker ( ).

There is disclosed a utility robot for operating in multiple modes, in particular, at least one autonomous mode and at least one manual mode. The robot is configured with a recognition system for recognizing a signal indicating the particular mode in which to operate, and adjusts its control system accordingly. Methods for operation of this utility, performing various tasks, such as lawn mowing, vacuuming, floor cleaning and snow removing are also disclosed.

Method for operating a robot

A system for operating an autonomous robot for performing tasks, such as lawn mowing, includes an indicator and a robot configured for detecting the indicator and generating a map of the working area bounded by the indicator and correcting the position of the robot in accordance with the generated map of the working area.

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