Bsh Hausgerate Gmbh

Frank Schnitzer

Stefan Hassfurter

Kristina Daniel

Katja Gnielka

Julius Geis

Kai Schmitt

Michael Hohmann

Dominik Schreiner

Katharina Karl

Florian Buchner

Tobias Wiederer

Heike Christ

Sebastian Back

Matthias Lange

Jöran Grieb

Sunny Talreja

Markus Kühnel

Markus Moelter

Jürgen Mack

A method for operating a mobile self-propelled appliance, in particular a floor cleaning appliance such as a robot vacuum cleaner and/or robot sweeper and/or robot mopping appliance, includes detecting at least one obstacle in a floor processing area, cleaning a surrounding area of the obstacle by using at least two straight driving maneuvers at the obstacle from different directions, and basing the number and direction of the straight driving maneuvers on a size and/or shape of the obstacle. A mobile self-propelled appliance which is configured to implement the method is also provided.

Method for operating a mobile self-propelled appliance and mobile self-propelled appliance operated according to the method

A method for determining a distance between a cleaning robot and an obstacle. The cleaning robot has a first distance measuring system for a far measuring range and a second distance measuring system for a near measuring range. The second distance measuring system includes a camera. a) if the obstacle is located in the far measuring range, the distance between the cleaning robot and the obstacle is determined by way of the first distance measuring system. b) if the obstacle is located in an overlap region of the far measuring range and the near measuring range, the distance between the cleaning robot and the obstacle is determined by way of the first and the second distance measuring systems; c) if the obstacle is located in the near measuring range, the distance between the cleaning robot and the obstacle is determined by way of the second distance measuring system.

Method for determining a distance between a cleaning robot and an obstacle

A method for operating a mobile, self-driving appliance, in particular a floor cleaning appliance, such as a vacuuming robot and/or sweeping robot and/or mopping robot, uses a detection facility provided for navigation to determine whether a cover element, which is disposed on an appliance housing of the mobile, self-driving appliance, is open or closed. When the cover element is open, the mobile, self-driving appliance performs a driving maneuver for independently closing the cover element.

Method for operating a mobile, self-driving appliance

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