CN113425208B - Robot base station and robot system - Google Patents

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CN113425208B
CN113425208B CN202110744353.2A CN202110744353A CN113425208B CN 113425208 B CN113425208 B CN 113425208B CN 202110744353 A CN202110744353 A CN 202110744353A CN 113425208 B CN113425208 B CN 113425208B
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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The embodiment of the invention provides a robot base station and a robot system. Wherein, the robot basic station includes: a robot base station comprising: the robot cleaning device comprises a base, a cleaning area and a sewage area, wherein the base is provided with the cleaning area for cleaning the robot, and the base is provided with the sewage area which is communicated with the cleaning area and is used for collecting sewage in the cleaning area; the water supply assembly is communicated with an external water supply device and is used for providing cleaning liquid for the cleaning area; and the drainage assembly is communicated with the sewage area and is used for discharging sewage in the sewage area to an external sewage collecting device. The scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention solves the full-automatic water feeding and draining work in the self-cleaning process of the robot, reduces the work of manually adding cleaning liquid and discharging sewage for users, omits a clear water tank and a sewage tank with larger volumes, can greatly reduce the volume of the base station, and enables the base station to be more exquisite and smaller.

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Robot base station and robot system
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electrical equipment, in particular to a robot base station and a robot system.
Background
With the development of science and technology, the intelligent degree of the sweeping robot is higher and higher, and the requirement for reducing the user intervention and maintenance is stronger and stronger. At present, the base station for cleaning the cleaning cloth of the sweeping robot basically uses a large clean water tank and a large sewage tank to meet the cleaning requirement of the cleaning cloth of the sweeping robot.
However, such a cleaning method requires a user to manually participate, for example, clear water is supplemented into the clear water tank, a sewage tank is manually poured, and the like, so that the full-automatic self-cleaning work by liberating two hands in a real sense cannot be realized, the requirement of less user intervention cannot be met, and the intelligentization of the base station is improved.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve or improve the above problem, embodiments of the present invention provide a robot base station and a robot system.
In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a robot base station including:
the robot comprises a base, wherein a cleaning area used for cleaning the robot is arranged on the base, and a sewage area which is communicated with the cleaning area and used for collecting sewage in the cleaning area is arranged on the base;
the water supply assembly is communicated with an external water supply device and is used for providing cleaning liquid for the cleaning area;
and the drainage assembly is communicated with the sewage area and is used for discharging sewage in the sewage area to an external sewage collecting device.
Optionally, the cleaning area includes a cleaning tank and a cleaning structure disposed in the cleaning tank, and the water supply assembly is configured to provide a cleaning solution to the cleaning structure;
the cleaning tank is communicated with the sewage area.
Optionally, the washing structure comprises a protruding structure and a rib arranged on the protruding structure;
the convex rib encloses synthetic solution tank, solution tank includes inlet and liquid outlet, the inlet with water supply assembly intercommunication, the liquid outlet with the washing tank intercommunication.
Optionally, the water supply assembly comprises an on-off valve, and a water inlet pipeline and a water outlet pipeline which are respectively communicated with the on-off valve;
the water inlet pipeline is communicated with the external water supply device;
the water outlet pipeline is communicated with the cleaning area and used for providing cleaning liquid for the cleaning area.
Optionally, the water supply assembly further comprises a three-way pipe, a detergent box and an infusion pump;
the three-way pipe is respectively communicated with the on-off valve, the water outlet pipeline and the infusion pump;
the infusion pump is communicated with the detergent box.
Optionally, the sewage area is a collection cavity below the cleaning area, the cleaning area has a drain outlet, and sewage flows into the collection cavity through the drain outlet under the action of gravity.
Optionally, the drainage assembly comprises a drain pipe, the drain pipe being in communication with the sewage zone to drain sewage in the sewage zone to the external sewage collection device.
Optionally, the drainage assembly further comprises a sewage transfer area, a water pump and a water pumping pipe;
the height of the position of the sewage transfer area is higher than that of the position of the external sewage collecting device, and the sewage transfer area is communicated with the sewage discharge pipe;
the water suction pump is communicated with the sewage area and the sewage transfer area through the water suction pipe so as to lift the sewage in the sewage area to the sewage transfer area.
Optionally, the drain assembly further comprises a piston structure;
the piston structure is positioned between the sewage transfer area and the sewage discharge pipe and is used for controlling the on-off of a passage between the sewage transfer area and the sewage discharge pipe.
Optionally, the system further comprises a controller and a plurality of detection sensors;
the controller is respectively connected with the water supply assembly, the water drainage assembly and the plurality of detection sensors and controls the water supply assembly and the water drainage assembly to work according to detection results of the detection sensors.
Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention also provides a robot system, which comprises:
a robot;
a base station, the base station comprising:
the robot comprises a base, wherein a cleaning area used for cleaning the robot is arranged on the base, and a sewage area which is communicated with the cleaning area and used for collecting sewage in the cleaning area is arranged on the base;
the water supply assembly is communicated with an external water supply device and is used for providing cleaning liquid for the cleaning area;
and the drainage assembly is communicated with the sewage area and is used for discharging sewage in the sewage area to an external sewage collecting device.
According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, when the base station is matched with the robot to carry out self-cleaning operation, cleaning liquid is automatically supplied to the cleaning area through the water supply assembly, and sewage is automatically discharged to the sewage area through the water discharge assembly, so that the full-automatic water supply and water discharge operation in the self-cleaning process of the robot is solved, the manual work of adding cleaning liquid and discharging sewage by a user is reduced, a clear water tank and a sewage tank with larger volumes are omitted, the volume of the base station can be greatly reduced, and the base station is more exquisite and small.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic side view of a robot system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic top view of a robot system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
When cleaning cloth of the floor sweeping robot is cleaned by the base station, a user needs to participate manually, and if clear water is supplemented into the clear water tank and the sewage tank is poured manually, the requirement of less intervention of the user cannot be met, and the intelligentization of the base station is improved.
To this end, the present invention provides the following embodiments to solve or improve at least part of the above problems. In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.
In the description of the invention, the claims and some of the features in the drawings, the description of "first" and "second", etc. are used to distinguish different components, parts, modules, devices, etc. without representing a sequential order or limiting the different types of "first" and "second". In addition, the embodiments described below are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1.
In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a robot base station 100 including: a base 10, a water supply unit 20 and a water discharge unit 30.
Wherein, a cleaning area 11 for cleaning the robot 200 is arranged on the base 10, and a sewage area 12 communicated with the cleaning area 11 and used for collecting sewage in the cleaning area 11 is arranged on the base 10. The base 10 is used for parking the robot 200, after the robot 200 is parked in place, the cleaned object of the robot 200, such as a cleaning cloth, corresponds to the position of the cleaning area 11, the cleaning cloth can be self-cleaned by matching with the cleaning area 11, and the sewage after cleaning flows into the sewage area 12 from the cleaning area 11 and is collected in the sewage area 12.
The water supply assembly 20 is in communication with an external water supply for supplying cleaning liquid to the cleaning zone 11. The external water supply device includes, but is not limited to, a tap of tap water, which is distributed through the water supply assembly 20 and is delivered to the cleaning area 11, and a cloth of the robot 200 performs a cleaning operation. The water supply assembly 20 is communicated with a water tap, so that a user does not need to manually add cleaning liquid, and a large-size clean water tank is omitted.
The drainage assembly 30 is in communication with the waste water section 12 for draining waste water in the waste water section 12 to an external waste water collection device. External waste collection devices include, but are not limited to, a sewer, where after cleaning the rags, the cleaning solution becomes waste, the waste flows to the waste area 12 and is discharged to the sewer through the drain assembly 30, without the need for a user to manually dump the waste tank, and without the need for a bulky waste tank.
In the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the base station 100 can be matched with the robot 200 to carry out self-cleaning operation, cleaning liquid is automatically provided for the cleaning area 11 through the water supply assembly 20 to complete the cleaning of the robot 200, sewage is automatically discharged for the sewage area 12 through the water discharge assembly 30, the full-automatic water feeding and water discharging work in the self-cleaning process of the robot 200 is solved, the self-cleaning process of the robot 200 is carried out in a full-automatic mode, excessive participation of people is not needed, the work of manually adding cleaning liquid and discharging sewage by a user is reduced, a clean water tank and a sewage tank with larger volumes are omitted, the volume of the base station 100 can be greatly reduced, and the base station 100 is more exquisite and small.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the robot base station 100 may be simply referred to as the base station 100, the robot 200 includes but is not limited to the sweeping robot 200, and after the robot 200 completes a cleaning operation in one stage, the robot 200 may automatically return to the robot base station 100, so that the robot 200 is cleaned through the cleaning area 11.
With continued reference to fig. 1, in some implementations of the invention, the cleaning zone 11 includes a cleaning tank 111 and a cleaning structure 112 disposed within the cleaning tank 111, and the water supply assembly 20 is used to provide cleaning liquid to the cleaning structure 112. The cleaning tank 111 communicates with the contaminated water zone 12. When the robot 200 is parked on the base station 100, the object to be cleaned, such as a rag, of the robot 200 is at least located in the cleaning tank 111 and is in contact with the washing structure 112. In performing the self-cleaning operation, the water supply assembly 20 supplies a cleaning liquid to the washing structure 112 so that the cleaning liquid is maintained at least in contact with the cleaned object, and the washing structure 112 cooperates with the cleaning liquid to clean the cleaned object.
It should be noted that during the self-cleaning process, the cleaning liquid on the washing structure 112 may be maintained at a liquid level that can contact the cleaned object, or may be in contact for a period of time without contact. In particular, the water supply mode of the water supply assembly 20 may be controlled, for example, in the self-cleaning process, the liquid level of the cleaning liquid may be changed due to the water absorption of the cleaned object, the overflow of the cleaning liquid, the inflow of the cleaning liquid into the waste water area 12, etc., and the liquid level of the cleaning liquid may be kept unchanged by controlling the water supply mode of the water supply assembly 20, such as continuous water supply or intermittent water supply, and/or changing the water supply amount, etc.
After the cleaning liquid has cleaned the object, the cleaned cleaning liquid is contaminated with dirt, and the contaminated water can flow from the cleaning zone 11 into the contaminated water zone 12, and then be discharged from the contaminated water zone 12 to an external waste water collecting device such as a sewer through the drainage assembly 30. The water supply assembly 20 and the water discharge assembly 30 can be started synchronously or alternatively according to different cleaning requirements, so that the cleaning liquid in the cleaning area 11 flows and is renewed, the cleanness of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 111 is high, and the cleaning rate of the cleaned piece is improved.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, one way to realize the washing structure 112 is that the washing structure 112 includes a protruding structure and a rib disposed on the protruding structure. The rib encloses the synthetic solution tank, and the solution tank includes inlet and outlet, and the inlet communicates with water supply assembly 20, and the outlet communicates with washing tank 111. During the self-cleaning operation, the cleaning liquid provided by the water supply assembly 20 can flow into the solution tank through the liquid inlet, the cleaning liquid in the solution tank is maintained at a liquid level capable of contacting with the cleaned object, and flows out of the cleaning tank 111 through the liquid outlet, so as to refresh the cleaning liquid in the solution tank. Thus, when the self-cleaning operation is performed, the water supply assembly 20 can continuously supply the cleaning liquid to the washing structure 112, and the cleaning liquid in the solution tank continuously flows out from the liquid outlet, so that the continuous updating of the cleaning liquid in the solution tank can be realized, and the cleaning rate of the cleaned piece is improved. It should be noted that, the shapes of the protruding structures and the ribs may be set to different shapes according to different requirements, such as a disc-shaped structure, a cube shape, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment.
Further, when the self-cleaning operation is performed, the washing structure 112 may not be operated, and the cleaned object on the robot 200 rotates or moves linearly, so that the relative movement is generated between the washing structure 112 and the cleaned object, and the cleaned object is cleaner, thereby improving the cleaning efficiency. Alternatively, the washing structure 112 may be rotated or moved linearly, the cleaned object may be stationary or moved along the direction opposite to the direction of movement of the washing structure 112, etc., so as to cause relative movement between the washing structure 112 and the cleaned object.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3 in conjunction with fig. 1, in the embodiment of the present invention, one way to realize the water supply assembly 20 is that the water supply assembly 20 includes an on-off valve 21 and a water supply line 22 and a water outlet line 23 respectively connected to the on-off valve 21. The water supply line 22 communicates with an external water supply. The water outlet line 23 communicates with the washing zone 11 for supplying washing liquid to the washing zone 11. The external water supply device includes, but is not limited to, a tap of tap water, the water supply line 22 can be directly connected to the tap, the tap can be in a normally open state, and the on-off valve 21 controls the on-off of the water path of the water supply assembly 20. The cleaning liquid supplied to the cleaning area 11 by the water supply assembly 20 may be tap water in a faucet, and when the on-off valve 21 is opened, the tap water in the faucet may flow into the cleaning area 11 through the water supply line 22, the on-off valve 21 and the water outlet line 23. Because the water flowing out of the water faucet has a certain water pressure, the water flowing out of the liquid inlet in the clean water area has a certain impact force, and therefore the cleaned parts on the robot 200 are washed. Furthermore, in order to maintain a certain water pressure in the water outlet pipeline 23, a water supply pump may be further disposed on the water outlet pipeline 23, and when the water supply pump is started, a certain power may be provided for the water in the water outlet pipeline 23, so as to maintain the impact force of the water.
In order to clean the cleaned parts of the robot 200, the cleaning liquid provided by the water supply assembly 20 may further include a detergent, and the detergent is mixed with water to form a detergent solution, so as to enhance the cleaning effect of the cleaning liquid. In one manner of providing the detergent, with continued reference to fig. 1 and 3, the water supply unit 20 further includes a tee pipe 24, a detergent box 25, and an infusion pump. The three-way pipe 24 is respectively communicated with the on-off valve 21, the water outlet pipeline 23 and the infusion pump. The infusion pump communicates with the detergent box 25. When the water supply unit 20 supplies cleaning liquid to the cleaning area 11, the on-off valve 21 is opened, the tap water in the faucet can flow out through the water supply pipe 22, the liquid delivery pump is started, the liquid delivery pump draws out the detergent from the detergent box 25, and then the tap water and the detergent are mixed into a detergent solution in the three-way pipe 24 and the water outlet pipe 23, and the detergent solution flows into the cleaning area 11 through the water outlet pipe 23 so as to clean the cleaned parts, such as the cleaning cloth.
For example, when the robot 200 is parked on the base station 100, the cleaning object, such as a cleaning cloth, of the robot 200 is at least located in the cleaning tank 111, and the cleaning cloth is located above the washing structure 112 and contacts the washing structure 112. Then, the on-off valve 21 and the infusion pump on the water supply assembly 20 are turned on, the detergent solution enters the cleaning area 11 through the water outlet pipe 23, so that the detergent solution contacts with the cleaning cloth, and the cleaning cloth rubs on the cleaning structure 112 repeatedly in cooperation with the rotation of the cleaning cloth, so that the cleaning structure 112 scrapes dirt on the cleaning cloth and extrudes water to be repeatedly used, and the cleaning cloth is cleaned. After cleaning, the water supply assembly 20 stops supplying cleaning solution, and the cloth continues to rotate, thereby spin-drying the cloth.
The cleaning liquid that has cleaned the cleaned object, since mixed with dirt, has become dirty water, which may flow from the cleaning zone 11 into the dirty water zone 12, and then be discharged out of the base station 100. Referring to fig. 1, the sewage zone 12 is arranged in such a way that the sewage zone 12 is a collecting chamber located below the washing zone 11, and the washing zone 11 has a drain through which sewage flows into the collecting chamber under the action of gravity. Sewage district 12 is located washing district 11 below, and the sewage inflow sewage of being convenient for distinguishes 12, and when making things convenient for sewage to collect, the sewage in the clear water district flows into sewage and distinguishes 12 interior backs, can not palirrhea to clear water district, avoids sewage to causing secondary pollution by the washing piece. Sewage flowing into sewage region 12 may exit base station 100 through drainage assembly 30 and drain to an external sewage collection device, such as a sewer, reducing the manual drain operations for users.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an implementable embodiment of the invention, the drainage assembly 30 is in a implementable manner in that the drainage assembly 30 comprises a waste pipe 31, the waste pipe 31 communicating with the waste region 12 for draining waste water in the waste region 12 to an external waste water collection device. The sewage discharge pipe 31 may be disposed at a downstream position of the sewage region 12, and the sewage of the sewage region 12 may be directly discharged to a sewer through the sewage discharge pipe 31, thereby preventing the sewage from being retained in the sewage region 12.
Further, in some application scenarios, some home-finished sewers may be extended through a pipe such that the inlet of the sewer is above the ground. When the robot base station 100 is used, it is usually placed on the floor of a home, which may cause the inlet of the sewer to be higher than the base station 100, and when sewage is discharged, the sewage may be left in the base station 100. To solve the above problem, in some realizable embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-3, the drain assembly 30 further comprises a sewage staging area 32, a suction pump 33, and a suction pipe 34. The sewage transfer area 32 is higher than the external sewage collecting device, and the sewage transfer area 32 is communicated with the sewage discharge pipe 31. The suction pump 33 is communicated with the sewage area 12 and the sewage transfer area 32 through a suction pipe 34 to lift the sewage in the sewage area 12 into the sewage transfer area 32. After the cleaned part of the robot 200 completes self-cleaning in the cleaning area 11, sewage flows to the sewage area 12 along with gravity, the water pump 33 can lift the sewage in the sewage area 12 to the sewage transfer area 32 through the water pump pipe 34, and the sewage is discharged to the sewer through the sewage discharge pipe 31. The position of the sewage is improved through the sewage transfer area 32, and the sewage can flow from a high position to a low position when the sewage is discharged, so that the residual of the sewage can be effectively avoided.
Meanwhile, through the sewage transfer area 32, the discharge position of sewage is increased, and the height of the sewage area 12 can be reduced, so that the height of the cleaning area 11 for the cleaning robot 200 is reduced, and further, the ramp of the base station 100 is relatively short, so that the floor area of the base station 100 is relatively reduced, and the base station 100 is conveniently placed.
One way of achieving the sewage transfer zone 32 is that the size of the top of the sewage transfer zone 32 is larger than that of the bottom thereof, so as to form a funnel-shaped cavity, the funnel-shaped cavity can be a cone-shaped funnel, a pyramid-shaped funnel, etc., and the opening of the bottom of the sewage transfer zone 32 faces downwards and is communicated with the drain pipe 31. After the sewage pumped by the pumping pipe 34 from the sewage area 12 is injected into the sewage transfer area 32, the sewage is converged toward the bottom of the sewage transfer area 32 based on the characteristic of the funnel-shaped structure, and then is discharged to the sewer through the drainage pipe 31. The funnel-shaped sewage transfer area 32 facilitates the concentration of sewage towards the bottom and the discharge of sediment in the sewage along with water flow. Further, to prevent the odor generated by the sewage in the sewage transferring section 32 from overflowing, the sewage transferring section 32 may be a relatively closed cavity, and the outlet of the pumping pipe 34 extends into the sewage transferring section 32.
With continued reference to fig. 1, the drain assembly 30 also includes a piston structure 35. The piston structure 35 is located between the sewage transfer area 32 and the sewage discharge pipe 31 and is used for controlling the on-off of the passage between the sewage transfer area 32 and the sewage discharge pipe 31. The on-off of the passage between the sewage transfer area 32 and the sewage discharge pipe 31 can be controlled by controlling the starting and stopping of the piston structure 35, so that the drainage in various modes is realized. For example, the piston arrangement 35 may be actuated simultaneously with the suction pump 33, so that the sewage entering the sewage transfer zone 32 can be immediately discharged via the sewage pipe 31. For another example, the piston structure 35 may be opened after a certain amount of sewage is stored in the sewage transfer area 32, that is, after the water level of the sewage in the sewage transfer area 32 exceeds a certain height, the piston structure 35 is opened, so that the sewage is discharged through the sewage discharge pipe 31.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the piston structure 35 is realized in such a way that the piston structure 35 comprises a piston member and a moving mechanism drivingly connected to the piston member, wherein the moving mechanism is capable of moving the piston member relative to the sewage transitional area 32, so that the piston member closes or opens a passage between the sewage transitional area 32 and the sewage pipe 31.
Further, in order to clean the sewage transfer station, in the embodiment of the present invention, the base station 100 further includes a clean water path, one end of the clean water path is communicated with the water supply assembly 20, and the other end of the clean water path is communicated with the sewage transfer station. After the cleaning area 11 finishes the self-cleaning operation of the cleaning cloth, some dirt will remain in the cleaning area 11, and meanwhile, after the sewage transfer area 32 finishes the drainage operation, some water drops and solid dirt will remain on the wall of the sewage transfer area 32. At this time, the water supply assembly 20 may supply the cleaning solution to the cleaning area 11 to wash the cleaning area 11, and at the same time, the water supply assembly 20 may also supply the cleaning solution to the clean water path to wash the sewage transfer area 32, and the self-cleaning of the base station 100 is completed in cooperation with the drainage assembly 30.
Further, in order to better implement the self-cleaning operation of the robot 200 performed by the base station 100 in a fully automatic manner, the base station 100 further includes a controller and a plurality of detection sensors. The controller is connected to the water supply unit 20, the water discharge unit 30, and the plurality of sensors, and controls the operation of the water supply unit 20 and the water discharge unit 30 according to the detection results of the sensors. The plurality of detection sensors at least include a position sensor for detecting whether the robot 200 is parked in place, and a water level sensor for detecting the water level in the sewage transfer area 32.
For example, after the robot 200 completes a cleaning operation in one stage, it can automatically return to the robot base station 100, and at this time, when the alignment sensor detects that the robot 200 returns to the base station 100 and stops in place, the controller controls the on-off valve 21 and the infusion pump in the water supply assembly 20 to open, so that the water from the faucet can enter the three-way pipe 24 through the water inlet channel, and at the same time, the infusion pump extracts the detergent in the detergent box 25, so that the tap water is mixed with the detergent and flows into the clean water area through the water outlet channel 23. The robot 200 rotates the cleaning cloth to cooperate with the cleaning liquid in the cleaning area 11 and the cleaning structure 112 to perform self-cleaning of the cleaning cloth. At the same time, the controller controls the suction pump 33 in the drainage assembly 30 to be activated, so as to lift the sewage flowing into the sewage area 12 into the sewage transfer area 32.
When the water level sensor detects that the water level of the sewage in the sewage transferring area 32 exceeds a certain height, the controller controls the motion mechanism to start so as to drive the piston piece to open the passage between the sewage transferring area 32 and the sewage discharge pipe 31, and therefore the sewage in the sewage transferring area 32 is discharged into a sewer through the sewage discharge pipe 31.
Further, the robot base station 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may provide various functions for the robot 200, in addition to automatically performing cleaning of the robot 200. The robot base station 100 is further provided with a water replenishing pipeline, a dust collecting component and a power supply component. Wherein, moisturizing pipeline and the intercommunication of feedwater subassembly 20, when robot 200 berthhed on basic station 100, can carry out the moisturizing for robot 200's water tank through the moisturizing pipeline, can collect the rubbish in the robot 200 collection box through the collection dirt subassembly, can charge for robot 200 through the subassembly that charges. The robot base station 100 integrates multiple functions into a whole to provide different services for the robot 200, so that the requirements of automatic parking, automatic cleaning, automatic charging, automatic water adding, automatic dust collection and the like of the robot 200 are met, the degree of user intervention is reduced, the automation degree of the robot 200 is improved, and the cleaning efficiency of the robot 200 is improved.
The robot base station 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention can be matched with the robot 200 to carry out self-cleaning operation, cleaning liquid is automatically supplied to the cleaning area 11 through the water supply assembly 20 to complete the cleaning of the robot 200, sewage is automatically discharged to the sewage area 12 through the water discharge assembly 30, the full-automatic water feeding and water discharging work in the self-cleaning process of the robot 200 is solved, the self-cleaning process of the robot 200 is automatically carried out, too much human participation is not needed, the work of manually adding cleaning liquid and discharging sewage by a user is reduced, a clear water tank and a sewage tank with larger volumes are omitted, the volume of the base station 100 can be greatly reduced, and the base station 100 is more exquisite and small.
Further, based on the above embodiments, correspondingly referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a robot 200 system, including: robot 200 and base station 100.
The base station 100 includes: a base 10, a water supply unit 20 and a water discharge unit 30. A washing area 11 for washing the robot 200 is provided on the base 10, and a sewage area 12 communicated with the washing area 11 for collecting sewage in the washing area 11 is provided on the base 10. And the water supply assembly 20 is communicated with an external water supply device and is used for supplying cleaning liquid to the cleaning area 11. And the drainage assembly 30, the drainage assembly 30 is communicated with the sewage area 12 and is used for discharging the sewage in the sewage area 12 to an external sewage collecting device.
It should be noted that, in the case that the structures of the implementation manner of the base station 100 provided in the embodiment of the present invention are not conflicted, reference may be made to the implementation manner of the base station 100 in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not repeated here.
The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to specific application scenarios, and the robot 200 is taken as the sweeping robot 200 as an example.
Application scenario one
After the sweeping robot 200 completes a cleaning operation in one stage, it can automatically return to the sweeping robot base station 100.
When the alignment sensor detects that the sweeping robot 200 returns to the base station 100 and stops in place, the controller controls the on-off valve 21 and the infusion pump in the water supply unit 20 to open, so that water from the faucet can enter the three-way pipe 24 through the water inlet waterway, and meanwhile, the infusion pump pumps out the detergent in the detergent box 25, so that the tap water and the detergent are mixed and flow into the clean water area through the water outlet pipeline 23.
The cleaning robot 200 rotates the cleaning cloth to cooperate with the cleaning liquid in the cleaning area 11 and the cleaning structure 112 to perform self-cleaning of the cleaning cloth. Meanwhile, the controller controls the suction pump 33 in the drainage assembly 30 to be activated, so as to lift the sewage flowing into the sewage area 12 into the sewage transferring area 32.
When the water level sensor detects that the water level of the sewage in the sewage transfer area 32 exceeds a certain height, the controller controls the motion mechanism to start so as to drive the piston piece to open a passage between the sewage transfer area 32 and the sewage discharge pipe 31, and the sewage in the sewage transfer area 32 is discharged into a sewer through the sewage discharge pipe 31.
The self-cleaning process of the sweeping robot 200 does not need manual participation in the whole process, and manual operation of a user is reduced.
Application scenario two
After the base station 100 completes the self-cleaning operation with the robot 200, the water supply assembly 20 stops supplying the cleaning solution to the clean water area, and the robot 200 spin-dries the cloth and leaves the base station 100.
The base station 100 starts the water supply component 20 and the water discharge component 30 again, the water supply component 20 can supply cleaning liquid to the cleaning area 11 to wash the cleaning area 11, meanwhile, the water supply component 20 can also supply cleaning liquid to the clean water path to wash the sewage transit area 32, and the self-cleaning of the base station 100 is completed by matching with the water discharge component 30.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

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1. A robotic base station, comprising:
the robot comprises a base, wherein a cleaning area used for cleaning the robot is arranged on the base, and a sewage area which is communicated with the cleaning area and used for collecting sewage in the cleaning area is arranged on the base;
the water supply assembly is communicated with an external water supply device and is used for providing cleaning liquid for the cleaning area through the external water supply device;
the drainage assembly is communicated with the sewage area and is used for discharging sewage in the sewage area out of the base and discharging the sewage to an external sewage collecting device; the drainage assembly comprises a sewage transfer area, the height of the position of the sewage transfer area is higher than that of the position of the external sewage collecting device, and the sewage transfer area is communicated with the sewage area and can discharge sewage in the sewage area to the external sewage collecting device;
the base station further comprises a cleaning water path, one end of the cleaning water path is communicated with the water supply assembly, and the other end of the cleaning water path is communicated with the sewage transfer area.
2. The robot base station of claim 1, wherein the cleaning zone comprises a cleaning tank and a cleaning structure disposed within the cleaning tank, the water supply assembly for providing cleaning fluid to the cleaning structure; the cleaning tank is communicated with the sewage area.
3. The robot base station of claim 2, wherein the washing structure comprises a raised structure and a rib disposed on the raised structure;
the convex rib encloses synthetic solution tank, solution tank includes inlet and liquid outlet, the inlet with water supply assembly intercommunication, the liquid outlet with the washing tank intercommunication.
4. A robot base station according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the water supply assembly comprises an on-off valve and a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe respectively communicating with the on-off valve;
the water inlet pipeline is communicated with the external water supply device;
and the water outlet pipeline is communicated with the cleaning area and is used for providing cleaning liquid for the cleaning area.
5. The robotic base station of claim 4, wherein the water supply assembly further comprises a tee, a detergent box, and an infusion pump;
the three-way pipe is respectively communicated with the on-off valve, the water outlet pipeline and the infusion pump;
the infusion pump is communicated with the detergent box.
6. A robot base station according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the sewage zone is a collection chamber located below the washing zone, the washing zone having a drain through which sewage flows into the collection chamber under the influence of gravity.
7. The robotic base station of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the drainage assembly comprises a drain in communication with the waste region to drain waste water within the waste region to the external waste water collection device.
8. The robotic base station of claim 7, wherein the water drainage assembly further comprises a water pump and a water pipe;
the sewage transfer area is communicated with the sewage discharge pipe;
the water suction pump is communicated with the sewage area and the sewage transfer area through the water suction pipe so as to lift the sewage in the sewage area to the sewage transfer area.
9. The robotic base station of claim 8, wherein the water drain assembly further comprises a piston structure;
the piston structure is positioned between the sewage transfer area and the sewage discharge pipe and is used for controlling the on-off of a passage between the sewage transfer area and the sewage discharge pipe.
10. A robot base station according to any of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a controller and a plurality of detection sensors;
the controller is respectively connected with the water supply assembly, the water drainage assembly and the plurality of detection sensors and controls the water supply assembly and the water drainage assembly to work according to detection results of the detection sensors.
11. A robotic system, comprising:
a robot;
a base station, the base station comprising:
the robot comprises a base, wherein a cleaning area used for cleaning the robot is arranged on the base, and a sewage area which is communicated with the cleaning area and used for collecting sewage in the cleaning area is arranged on the base;
the water supply assembly is communicated with an external water supply device and is used for providing cleaning liquid for the cleaning area through the external water supply device;
the drainage assembly is communicated with the sewage area and is used for discharging sewage in the sewage area out of the base and discharging the sewage to an external sewage collecting device; the drainage assembly comprises a sewage transfer area, the height of the position of the sewage transfer area is higher than that of the position of the external sewage collecting device, and the sewage transfer area is communicated with the sewage area and can discharge sewage in the sewage area to the external sewage collecting device;
the base station further comprises a cleaning water path, one end of the cleaning water path is communicated with the water supply assembly, and the other end of the cleaning water path is communicated with the sewage transfer area.
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