Dyson Technology Limited

James Murray Orchard

Alexander Stuart Knox

Giles Ashbee

Simon Brian McNamee

Alexander Patrick Webster

Philip Stephen Douglas

Andrew Martin Mitchell

William Henry Kerr

David Finlay Wyatt

Tom Briscoe

Christopher Hugo Molesworth Birdwood

Joseph David Evans

An autonomous surface cleaning apparatus includes a body including a chassis and an outer shell mounted to the chassis, a drive system carried by the body, a cleaning assembly projecting forward beyond a front surface of the outer shell, the cleaning assembly having a generally planar front surface, and a forward bumper mounted to the front surface of the cleaning assembly. The apparatus further includes a plurality of forwardmost contact sensors disposed behind the forward bumper and arranged to detect displacement of the forward bumper relative to the cleaning assembly, a first plurality of shell contact sensors each being arranged to detect longitudinal displacement of the outer shell relative, and a second plurality of shell contact sensors each being arranged to detect lateral displacement of the outer shell relative to both the chassis and the cleaning assembly.

Autonomous surface treatment apparatus

Robotic vacuum cleaner

Growing community of inventors

Bath, United Kingdom

James Murray Orchard