Selbstgesteuertes Fahrzeug für die Tätigkeit auf einer Fläche und Verfahren zur Steuerung desselben.

摘要

A means and method for control of an autonomous vehicle while working on a surface, specifically for operation of an automatic floor cleaning machine using power derived from line power through a wall plug and cord. The vehicle uses information derived from contact between bumpers and objects in the environment to sense the geometry of its environment and utilizes a recursively applied algorithm to systematically and efficiently cover the floor area.