Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that determines a current location of a mobile device according to a horizontal reference, obtains a corresponding barometric pressure reading at the current location of the mobile device, and determines a current position of the mobile device according to the current location of the mobile device and the corresponding barometric pressure reading. A historical record of positions of the mobile device is updated according to the current position of the mobile device and other positions of the mobile device determined at other times, and a historical record of positions of the mobile device to a map of a facility is updated to obtain a referenced pattern of movement of the mobile device within the facility. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A mobile robot that autonomously travels includes a body that has a front surface, a driver that is disposed in the body and that drives travelling of the body, a base that includes a spring and that is connected to the body via the spring, and a distance measurer that is disposed at an upper part of the base. The base is connected to the body in such a way that the base is movable to be in a first state in which the laser range finder is located inside the body and a second state in which the laser range finder is located outside the body. The spring generates a force that pushes the base from a front surface of the body to an outside of the body.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid leaning vehicle includes: a travel mode request section that requests one travel mode selected from a plurality of travel modes including a first travel mode in which an engine is stopped and an electric motor is operated and a second travel mode in which the engine is operated; and a travel mode setting section. When the travel mode request section requests the second travel mode during travel in the first travel mode, the travel mode setting section, upon determining that a steady turning condition is satisfied, sets the second travel mode as the travel mode to be executed and, upon determining that the steady turning condition is not satisfied, prohibits the second travel mode from being set as the travel mode to be executed.

Abstract: In some examples, a method for docking an autonomous mobile robot includes: determining a first effective region, wherein the first effective region is defined by a boundary, and wherein the autonomous mobile robot is located in the first effective region; determining an optimal point from a plurality of candidate points on the boundary of the first effective region, wherein each candidate point defines a respective second effective region centering on the candidate point and overlapping with the first effective region to form a respective overlapping region, wherein the respective overlapping region associated with the optimal point is smallest among the respective overlapping regions associated with the plurality of candidate points; controlling the autonomous mobile robot to move to the optimal point; and repeating the above steps in one or more iterations until the autonomous mobile robot is within a preset distance from a charging station.