Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning

US8670866B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• iRobot Corporation · US

Inventors

• Andrew Ziegler · Arlington, US
• Duane L. Gilbert, Jr. · Goffstown, US
• Christopher John Morse · Malden, US
• Scott Pratt · Cary, US
• Paul E. Sandin · Brookline, US
• Nancy Dussault · Weymouth, US
• Andrew Jones · Brookline, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 11, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/40
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.