Verfahren zur flaechendeckenden Befahrung eines Gebietes sowie Fahrzeug zur Durchfuehrung des Verfahrens

DE1004013811 A UPAB: 20051109 NOVELTY - Method for automatically covering a surface area (1) with a vehicle while avoiding obstacles (2) in which the vehicle detects characteristic sequences and one or more objects and uses them to determine its instantaneous orientation. These are used to orient the vehicle and move it over connection paths (15) between different characteristics of a sequence. Throughout vehicle movement an instantaneous orientation is compared with a characteristic sequence. DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The invention also relates to a corresponding vehicle with a control unit for implementing the inventive method. USE - Automatic covering of a surface area by an automatic vehicle, e.g. a vacuum cleaner, lawn mower or mine detector. ADVANTAGE - Double traversing of the same path is avoided