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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh, Wuppertal, DE;
Inventor:
Lorenz Hillen, Wuppertal, DE;
Assignee:
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G05D 1/0285 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0215 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a self-traveling robot, wherein an environment map of an environment of the robot is generated based on measuring data recorded within the environment, wherein a position of the robot within the environment is estimated, and wherein the robot travels within the environment based on the environment map and its known position. In order to extend the maximum range of the robot within the environment, an environment map, which is currently not needed for the navigation of the robot, is detected and transmitted to an external memory unit.