A robotic work tool system (200) comprising a charging station (210) and a robotic work tool (100), said robotic work tool (100) comprising a position determining device (190) for determining a current position, the robotic work tool (100) being configured to determine that reliable navigation through said position determining device (190) is no longer possible, such as when satellite signal reception is not possible, at a time point (T1) and position and in response thereto generate an obstacle map which gives information on the position of at least one obstacle (260), determine when an area will be shadowed with regards to satellite reception based on said obstacle map, and to schedule operation of the robotic work tool (100) accordingly.
NAVIGATION FOR A ROBOTIC WORKING TOOL
2017-02-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |