Bluebotics Sa

Nestec S.a.

Sita Ypenburg B.v.

Cleanfix Reinigungssysteme Ag

Grégoire Terrien

Alexandre Kollep

Matthieu Ozanne

Luc Bergeron

Pierre Lamon

Xavier Greppin

Ralph Piguet

Nicola Tomatis

Yannis Jeannotat

Roland Flück

Julien Rochat

Huy Hoàng Lê

Stephane Cheikh

Reinout Jules Reinhilde Vander Meulen

Steven Sebastiaan Vroonland

Koos Termeulen

Huy Hoàng LÊ

A process of piloting an omnidirectional autonomous vehicle on a virtual pathway, the omnidirectional autonomous vehicle including at least one reference line, and steering wheels configurable to drive the omnidirectional autonomous vehicle on the virtual pathway independently of its orientation.

Omnidirectional line following autonomous vehicle

A method for displacing a mobile robot on a virtual path within a workspace, comprising the generation of a synthetic offset, indicative of a lateral displacement between the instantaneous position of the mobile robot and the virtual path. The method may also include the generation of virtual tags and may be used in the retrofit or upgrade of autonomous vehicles of the line-following type.

Virtual line-following and retrofit method for autonomous vehicles

A floor treatment machine is disclosed for treating floor surfaces and includes a housing, two drive wheels, at least one support wheel, a drive device, a controller, at least one scan sensor configured to ensure that distance measurements can be carried out in a substantially horizontal plane via a predetermined angular area, and a floor treatment device configured to ensure that the floor can be treated. In at least one embodiment, the controller encompasses a treatment mode, which guarantees a simple and reliable selection of a successful route by way of few driving and storing steps. The boundary of the floor surface is treated as an obstacle. To record the treated surface, starting and end points of route segments, which have been followed, and one of the states 'completely treated' or 'incompletely treated' for the end points as well as direction information is stored.

Floor treatment machine and method for treating floor surfaces

Mobile robot comprising a body (), a first locomotion unit () and a second locomotion unit () pivotally connected to two lateral opposite sides of the body () and arranged to rotate passively relative to the body about an axis () transverse to the body, the mobile robot further comprising a transmission system () connecting said first and second locomotion units () and the body (), characterized in that the mechanical transmission is arranged to limit the relative rotation of the locomotion units () relative to the body () such that the first and second locomotion units () rotate in opposite directions and such that the rotation angle (&#x3b1;) of the first locomotion unit () relative to the body () equates in absolute value the rotation angle (&#x3b2;) of the second locomotion () unit relative to the body ().

Mobile robot

A device for controlling the filling of a receptacle with liquid by a drink vending machine. The device includes visual marking device for marking the liquid fill level in the receptacle, a device for emitting a signal towards the receptacle, a device for receiving an incident signal and which receives the incident signal returning from the receptacle and a controlling device configured for commanding the stoppage of filling on the basis of a variation of the incident signal. The receiving device includes a series of photoelectric receivers and at least one variable which is a displacement of a light incident signal measured by the receivers. The visual marking, emitter and receiver are displaceable en masse so as to make it possible to modify the marking of the level of fill in the receptacle.

Device and method for controlling the filling of a cup by a vending machine

A device for controlling the filling of a receptacle with liquid by a drink vending machine. The device includes visual marking device for marking the liquid fill level in the receptacle, a device for emitting a signal towards the receptacle, a device for receiving an incident signal and which receives the incident signal returning from the receptacle and a controlling device configured for commanding the stoppage of filling on the basis of a variation of the incident signal. The receiving device includes a series of photoelectric receivers and at least one variable which is a displacement of a light incident signal measured by the receivers.

A device for controlling the filling of a receptacle with liquid by a drink vending machine. The device includes visual marking device for marking the liquid fill level in the receptacle, a device for emitting a signal towards the receptacle, a device for receiving an incident signal and which receives the incident signal returning from the receptacle and a controlling device configured for commanding the stoppage of filling on the basis of a variation of the incident signal.

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Ecublens, Switzerland

Grégoire Terrien