Robot wall detection system

摘要

A robot wall detection system comprising:
a body (100) configured to move over a surface;
a sensor (310) carried by the body (100) for detecting the presence of a wall (319), the sensor (310) comprising:
an emitter (312) configured to emit a directed beam (320) having a defined field of emission (316) toward a wall (319) in a substantially forward direction of the robot (10;11), and a detector (314) having a defined field of view (318) extending toward the wall (319) in a substantially forward direction of the body (100), the defined field of view (318) near-parallel to the defined field of emission (316) and intersecting the defined field of emission at a finite region substantially forward of the sensor (310); and
a controller (1000) in communication with the dectector for controlling the distance between the body (100) and the wall (319), and wherein the boy (100) is configured to move the detector (314) forward at between about 200 mm/s and about 400 mm/s.