A short history of cleaning robots

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-226

  Prassler, Erwin ^a   Ritter, Arno ^b   Schaeffer, Christoph ^b   Fiorini, Paolo ^c  

^a Forschungsinstitut fur anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION IPA   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic cleaning; Autonomous cleaning devices; Autonomous pool cleaner; Autonomous vacuum cleaner; Cleaning robots; Robotic floor scrubber; Robotic road sweeper

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009413252     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008974515925     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Hägele, M. 1994. Serviceroboter-ein Beitrag zur Innovation im Dienstleistungswesen. Technology Study, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany.
3. Schofield, M. 1995. Cleaning robots. Service Robot: An International Journal, 1(3):11-16.