PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic lawn mower capable of cutting a slope landform flexibly corresponding to a traveling road surface.SOLUTION: The autonomous traveling type automatic lawn mower has various sensors including at least a position detector and drive wheels controlled by motors, and includes a control unit having a learning function. The control unit has: a drum control part for controlling the drive wheels based on information of the sensors and moving the drive wheels to a target point a vehicle body balance part for keeping the balance of a vehicle body by moving an axle according to the slope of the traveling road surface a cutting part for allowing the cutting unit to follow along the traveling road surface to perform lawn mowing and a processing part for performing various operations and processing corresponding to the operations to control each unit based on the information of the sensors.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】走行路面に柔軟に対応して傾斜地形のカッティングも可能な自動芝刈り機を提供する。【解決手段】本発明は、少なくとも位置検出手段を含む各種センサとモータ制御の駆動輪とを有し、学習機能を担う制御ユニットを備えた自律走行型の自動芝刈り機であって、制御ユニットは、センサの情報を基に駆動輪を制御して目標地点に移動させるためのドラム制御部と、走行路面の傾斜に応じて車軸を動かし車体の平衡を保つ車体平衡部と、走行路面に沿ってカッティングユニットを追従させて芝刈りを行うカッティング部と、センサの情報を基に各ユニットを制御するための各種演算及び該演算に対応する処理を行う演算処理部と、を有する。【選択図】図1
