Alfred Kärcher Se Co. Kg

Robart Gmbh

Norman Kohler

Harold Artes

Michael Schahpar

Barbara Pfister

Heiko Blumhardt

Christian Hofner

Markus Duenne

Patrick Prasser

Ralph Diehl

Christian Wurm

Heiko Hoennige

Saskia Schneider

Karl Engelbert Wenzel

Heiko HÖNNIGE

Juliane Auth

Markus Dünne

Janine Engel

Justin Henry

Katharina Kuhnle

Jürgen Walz

Jörg BRÜCKNER

Michael Schechterle

Heiko Hönnige

Manuel Drust

Fabian Schurig

Gereon Hinz

Fedor Vlasov

Christian Rosskopf

Alexander Brändle

A self-propelled, self-steering floor cleaner is provided, including a cleaning device with at least one cleaning unit for cleaning a floor surface of a room having at least a section of an obstacle therein that is not in contact with the floor surface, a transmission unit for emitting radiation directed at the obstacle and the floor surface, a detection unit for detecting reflected radiation and providing a detection signal, a control unit coupled to the detection unit, and a chassis for movement on the floor surface including a drive unit coupled to the control unit, it being determinable from the detection signal whether a space and a cleanable floor surface section are present underneath the obstacle, the drive unit being actuatable to move the floor cleaner for cleaning the floor surface section, with at least one cleaning unit. The invention also relates to a method for cleaning a floor surface.

Self-propelled and self-steering floor cleaner and method for cleaning a floor surface

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Reutlingen, Germany

Norman Kohler