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Home cleaning robot
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Inventors: Bartsch, Eric Richard; Fisher, Charles William; France, Paul Amaat; Kirkpatrick, James Frederick; Heaton, Gary Gordon; Hortel, Thomas Charles; Radomyselski, Arseni Velerevich; Stigall, James Randy;
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, OH)
Primary Examiner: Cuchlinski, Jr.; William A.
Assistant Examiner: Marc; McDieunel
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Huston; Larry L., Lewis; Leonard L.
An autonomously movable cleaning robot comprising a platform and motive force to autonomously move the robot on a substantially horizontal surface having boundaries. The robot further has a computer processing unit for storing, receiving and transmitting data, and a cleaning implement operatively associated with the robot. The robot receives input data from an external source. The external source may be physical manipulation of the robot, remote control, or by triangulation from at least three external transmitters. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention relates to autonomous, mobile, microprocessor-controlled home cleaning robots provided with the means to perform useful functions and capable of learning and adaptively performing useful functions.
In one embodiment, the present invention is a mobile, microprocessor-controlled home cleaning robot.
The robot comprises a platform, a motive force attached to the platform.
This motive force moves the platform on a substantially horizontal surface.
The robot also includes a computer processing unit capable of storing, receiving and transmitting data that is attached to said platform.
The robot also includes at least one sensor attached to the platform, which is capable of detecting a change on the horizontal surface.
The sensor provides input to the computer processing unit.
The platform includes a cleaning implement operatively associated with the platform and a power source connected to the motive force and computer processing unit, whereby the computer processing unit directs horizontal movement of the platform based upon input data received from the at least one sensor.
In one embodiment the present invention is comprised of an autonomous, adaptive mobile home cleaning robot provided with a detachable or dischargeable electrostatic cleaning cloth.
In one embodiment the present invention is comprised of an autonomous, trainable, adaptive mobile home cleaning robot provided with a detachable or dischargeable electrostatic cleaning cloth.
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