PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automated lawn mower obtained by imparting a controlling device and a controlling program to a commercial lawn mower so as to remodel it for enabling learning for autonomous running and an automatic operation, and to provide a control method therefor.SOLUTION: The automated lawn mower formed from a manually-operated lawn mower to which various kinds of devices are mounted for autonomous running and executing the automatic operation includes: various kinds of sensors at least containing a position detecting means an actuator for the automatic operation which contains at least a driving system of a running vehicle (an accelerator) and a steering system (a steering) a running control unit for moving the running vehicle to a target position by the actuator a cutting portion for mowing lawns along a running road surface a calculation unit for executing various kinds of calculation operations so as to control the running control unit based on information from the sensors and a wireless communication means for the remote control of the running vehicle via the calculation unit and the running control unit by wireless communications.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】市販の芝刈り機を改造して自律走行のための学習と自動運転をさせるための制御装置及び制御プログラムを付与した自動芝刈り機及びその制御方法を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の自動芝刈り機は、手動運転型の芝刈り機に自律走行のための各種装置が取り付けられて自動運転を行う自動芝刈り機であって、少なくとも位置検出手段を含む各種センサと、少なくとも走行車両の駆動系(アクセル)及び操舵系(ステアリング)を含む自動操縦のためのアクチュエータと、アクチュエータにより走行車両を目的位置に移動させるための走行制御ユニットと、走行路面に沿って芝刈りを行うカッティング部と、センサの情報を基に走行制御ユニットを制御するための各種演算処理を行う演算ユニットと、無線通信により演算ユニット及び走行制御ユニットを介して走行車両を遠隔操作するための無線通信手段と、を備える。【選択図】図15
