MOBILE ROBOT Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: equipment for cleaning of surfaces and floors in home, office and laboratory rooms.

SUBSTANCE: robot has drive contacting with surface to be cleaned. Drive is arranged within cover and is free relative to cover. Cover at least partly surrounds drive surface facing toward surface to be cleaned and has length exceeding that of drive so as to define space between cover and drive allowing drive to encounter cover and randomly move it over said surface. Cover is made in the form of hemi-spherical body or carcass. Drive is formed as spherical member with internal drive mechanism.

EFFECT: simplified construction, increased extent of chaotic movement and, accordingly, provision for more uniform overlapping of predetermined part of space owing to maximal extent of freedom in selecting direction of movement, and reduced manufacturing costs.

14 cl, 6 dwg