摘要 |
A mobile floor cleaning robot comprising:a robot body defining a forward drive direction; a drive supporting the robot body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface the drive comprising right and left drive wheels disposed on corresponding right and left portions of the robot body; and a cleaning assembly disposed on the robot body, the cleaning assembly comprising: a pad holder disposed forward of the drive wheels and having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a bottom surface to receive a cleaning pad, the bottom surface of the pad holder comprising at least 40% of a surface area of a footprint of the robot, and the bottom portion having raised protrusions extending therefrom; and an orbital oscillator having less than 1 cm of orbital range disposed on the top portion of the pad holder; wherein the pad holder is configured to permit more than 80 percent of the orbital range of the orbital oscillator to be transmitted from a top of the received cleaning pad to a bottom surface of the received cleaning pad and wherein the pad holder has a release mechanism configured to eject the received cleaning pad from the bottom surface of the pad holder upon actuation of a release mechanism. fI I- I |