A method of controlling a robotic lawn mower begins with obtaining (102) an overhead image of a plot of land. A boundary of the plot of land 5 is defined (104) using a graphical user interface. One or more mower-safe subregions and danger zones are defined (106, 108) within the boundary using the graphical user interface. Control attributes are assigned (110) to mower-safe subregions. A control attribute may comprise a no-cutting attribute or a cutting attribute (e.g. cutting height, time, 10 frequency or pattern) assigned portions of the subregion. A no-cutting attribute is typically assigned automatically to a portion of a subregion by the robotic mower, for example using a machine learning algorithm to detect an absence of grass on a driveway. The mower is controlled (112) to traverse the plot of land while its operation in a subregion is based on (a) the location of the mower in relation to the 15 plot of land, (b) the defined boundary and one or more subregions and (c) the assigned control attribute.
Robotic lawn mower control
2019-09-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English