Autonomous floor cleaning with removable pad

摘要

An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.

主权项

1. An autonomous floor cleaning robot, comprising:
a robot body; a controller supported by the robot body; a drive supporting the robot body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller; a pad holder attached to an underside of the robot body and to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the cleaning robot, the removable cleaning pad comprising a mounting plate and a mounting surface, the mounting plate being attached to the mounting surface; and a pad sensor to sense a feature on the removable cleaning pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, the feature defined at least in part by a cutout on the mounting plate; wherein the mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature, and wherein the controller is responsive to the signal generated by the pad sensor to perform operations comprising:
selecting a cleaning mode from among cleaning modes based on the signal, andcontrolling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.