Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd.

Ecovacs Robotics (suzhou) Co., Ltd.

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Jinju Tang

Lei Zhu

Maoyong Chen

Liangliang Liao

Xiaojun Zhang

Yongkang Zhu

Da Liu

Kaili Xu

Junjie Shan

Qingxiang Song

Yibin Zhang

A control method of a cleaning robot, where the cleaning robot includes a top part, a bottom part, and a vacuumizing assembly for air extraction, the bottom part of the cleaning robot is provided with at least two rows of driving wheels being respectively provided on both sides of the bottom part of the cleaning robot, and the cleaning robot includes a cleaning mode for cleaning the driving wheel; the method including: performing a cleaning mode of the cleaning robot; and after the cleaning robot performs the cleaning mode, turning off the vacuumizing assembly or maintaining the vacuumizing assembly in a turned off state, and starting and rotating at least one row of the driving wheels.

Control method of cleaning robot

An obstacle avoidance moving method of a self-moving robot includes storing a coordinate of a first obstacle point and a coordinate of a second obstacle point. The coordinate of the first obstacle point and the coordinate of the second obstacle point are formed by detecting an obstacle by the self-moving robot when moving along a first direction. The method further includes performing a serpentine pattern moving according to the coordinate of the first obstacle point and the coordinate of the second obstacle point. The method accurately determines obstacle position and provides a concise moving path, and greatly improves the working efficiency of the self-moving robot.

Obstacle-avoidance moving method of self-moving robot

A mother-child robot cooperative work system and a work method thereof include a mother robot and a charging base0, in which the mother robot is provided with a control unit and a work unit. The system also includes child robot, communicatively coupled to the mother robot. The mother robot performs cleaning for a work area under the control of the control unit, and recognizes cleanable area and assisted cleaning area in a cleaning process. After cleaning work in the cleanable area is completed, the control unit in the mother robot controls the child robot to cooperatively complete the cleaning work in the assisted cleaning area. The mother robot is provided with a child robot pose sensing unit. The unit inputs child robot pose information to the control unit; and the control unit controls the child robot to act as indicated.

Mother-child robot cooperative work system and work method thereof

Provided are a self-movement robot, a map invoking method and a combined robot. The self-movement robot includes a robot body and a control center disposed on the body, the robot body comprising a distance sensor, the distance sensor collects two-dimensional map information of a working surface on which the self-movement robot is located, and collects spatial height information above the working surface on which the self-movement robot is located; and while obtaining the two-dimensional map information of the working surface, the control center overlays the spatial height information to the two-dimensional map information and obtains three-dimensional map information of a working region.

Self-movement robot, map invoking method, and combined robot

Provided are dynamic region division and region passage identification methods and a cleaning robot. The dynamic region division method includes: acquiring environment information collected by a robot when working in a first region; determining whether the robot has completed a work task in the first region, when a presence of a passage entering a second region is determined based on the environment information; and complementing a boundary at the passage to block the passage, when the work task is not completed. According to the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present application, the occurrence probability of repeated sweeping and miss sweeping is reduced, and the cleaning efficiency is high. In addition, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present application relies on the environment information collected during the work, rather than relying on historical map data, so that the environmental adaptability is high.

Dynamic region division and region passage identification methods and cleaning robot

A distance measuring device includes a motor, a control box and a code discs which are relative rotate driven by the motor. A point position tooth is comprised on the code disc. The control box comprises a distance measuring unit, a detection part and a control unit. The detection part comprises a light emitter and a light receiver which are correspondingly arranged. The control box is rotated relative to the code disc, so that the point position tooth passes through a corresponding position between the light emitter and the light receiver; the control unit receives the signal output of the light receiver, judges the information on alignment status of the point position tooth with the corresponding position, and sends a start or stop operation instruction to the distance measuring unit on the basis of the status information. A method for seeking a distance measuring starting point is also provided.

Distance measuring device and method thereof for seeking distance measuring starting point

The self-moving robot may be abutted with functional modules and may include a functional module recognition mechanism and a control mechanism. The control mechanism regulates an operating parameter or an operating mode of the self-moving robot according to the type of the functional module recognized by the recognition mechanism. Due to the utilization of the self-moving robot and the control method thereof provided by the present disclosure, parameters of the sensor and the self-walking speed and the like of the self-moving robot may be regulated according to actual situations under the condition that different modules are combined together to work, so that toppling or falling of the self-moving robot is reduced, and the safety of personnel and the robot itself may be improved.

Self-moving robot, control method thereof and combined robot comprising self-moving robot

An obstacle avoidance walking method of a self-moving robot includes storing a coordinate of a first obstacle point and a coordinate of a second obstacle point. The coordinate of the first obstacle point and the coordinate of the second obstacle point are formed by detecting an obstacle by the self-moving robot when walking along a first direction. The method further includes performing a preset shuttle walking according to the coordinate of the first obstacle point and the coordinate of the second obstacle point. The method accurately determines obstacle position and provides a concise walking path, and greatly improves the working efficiency of the self-moving robot.

Obstacle avoidance walking method of self-moving robot

Provided are a robot, a remote controller, a robotic system and controlling methods for a robot, including a direction sensor determines a reference direction, a control unit determines a moving direction of the robot by using the reference direction as a reference and remote control instructions received from a remote controller and controls the driving unit to drive the robot to move in the moving direction. Different direction sensors are provided in different surface treatment robots to determine the directional references of the robot to determine the walking directions of a robot to enable the buttons on the remote control to correspond to the walking directions; regardless of the movement state of the robot, the robot will automatically walk in the corresponding direction when any button on the remote control is pressed and released or is pressed and held, thus being easy to operate and improving working efficiency.

Surface treatment robotic system

The self-movement robot includes a robot body and a control center disposed on the body. The body includes a first distance sensor disposed in a horizontal direction used to collect two-dimensional map information and a second distance sensor disposed in a vertical direction used to collect spatial height information. While obtaining the two-dimensional map information of a working surface, the control center overlays the spatial height information to the two-dimensional map information and obtains three-dimensional map information of a working region. Through the distance sensors disposed on the self-movement robot, based on the generated two-dimensional map, the spatial height information is overlaid and the three-dimensional map information is generated. In a combined state, the robot invokes and plans a walking path in the working region based on the three-dimensional map, thereby helping to ensure smooth, safe and efficient operation of the combined robot in a complex environment.

Self-moving robot, map building method, and map invoking method for combined robot

A combined robot and a cruise path generating method thereof includes providing or generating a working map of a self-moving robot and marking a target point on the working map. A planned path is generated according to the location of the target point in the working map. The combined robot begins to walk according to the planned path and it is determined whether an obstacle is encountered during walking. If an obstacle is encountered, a different path adjustment mode is selected according to a relative location when the obstacle is encountered and the planned path is updated according to a walking path to form an actual path. Otherwise, the robot walks directly to form the actual path. The actual path is saved as a cruise path of the combined robot.

Combined robot and cruise path generating method thereof

A method, applicable in a self-propelled surface-traveling robot system, for returning to a primary charging station, where the robot system comprises a surface-traveling robot and at least two charging stations for charging the robot, comprising the following steps: S: the robot establishes a map of an area; S: one of the charging stations is set as the primary charging station and the position of the primary charging station is recorded in the map of the area; and S: when finishing working, the self-propelled surface-traveling robot returns to the primary charging station according to the position of the primary charging station in the map of the area. In the method, applicable in a self-propelled surface-traveling robot system, for returning to a primary charging station of the present invention, the robot returns to the position of the set primary charging station after it finishes working so that the robot may be found by a user as accustomed at the position of the primary charging station when the robot is not working; and the starting point of the robot for each time working may also be determined, by setting the charging station at an important position where the robot is firstly needed to work as the primary charging station, facilitating arrangement of position for priority work.

Self-propelled surface-traveling robot system and method for returning to primary charging station

A distance measuring device comprises a motor (), a control box () and a code disc (). Relative rotation occurs between the control box () and the code disc () driven by the motor. A point position tooth (A) is comprised on the code disc (). The control box () comprises a distance measuring unit (), a detection part () and a control unit (). The detection part () comprises a light emitter () and a light receiver () which are correspondingly arranged. The control box () is rotated relative to the code disc (), so that the point position tooth (A) passes through a corresponding position between the light emitter () and the light receiver (); the control unit () receives the signal output of the light receiver (), judges the information on alignment status of the point position tooth (A) with the corresponding position, and sends a start or stop operation instruction to the distance measuring unit () on the basis of the status information. A method for seeking a distance measuring starting point is also provided, scan data is obtained by using a synchronous scanning mode of the code disc, and the starting point is judged on the basis of the output waveform of the code disc.

A light spot indication robot and a light spot indication method thereof are arranged. The light spot indication robot comprises a robot body which is arranged with a control module, a camera module and a laser indication module (), wherein the laser indication module () emits a laser beam, the imaging module shoots to-be-indicated objects to form an image plane, the laser beam and the to-be-indicated object are projected onto the image plane to form a laser spot projection position and to-be-indicated object projection positions, respectively. The light spot indication robot is also arranged with a signal input module. According to content shown on the image plane of the to-be-indicated objects shot by the imaging module and input information of the signal input module, a target object among the to-be-indicated objects is determined. The control module controls the laser indication module to move, so as to cause the laser spot projection position to coincide with a projection position of the target object in the image plane. The present invention converts the location in a three-dimensional space into the location in a two-dimensional space, and has a small computation amount and a quick and accurate position indication.

Light spot indication robot and light spot indication method thereof

In a self-moving robot movement boundary delimiting method, in step: setting up three or more base stations in a movement area of a self-moving robot, and establishing a coordinate system; in step: artificially planning a movement path in the movement area of the self-moving robot, gathering sample points on the path, and determining the coordinates of the sample points in the coordinate system; and in step: delimiting a boundary according to the coordinates of the gathered sample points, and setting the self-moving robot to work inside or outside the boundary. The present invention achieves a regional division by distance measurement and positioning based on stationary base stations, thus improving accuracy and convenience compared to the prior art.

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Jinju Tang