Robot system

• Main Authors: MAMMEN, JEFFRY W, WALKER, JASON S, BILLINGTON, JOHN N., JR, HALLORAN, MICHAEL J, CAMPBELL, TONY L, SANDIN, PAUL E, OZICK, DANIEL M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.01.2013
• Subjects: CONTROLLING; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES

A power-saving robot system (100) includes at least one peripheral device (102) to be placed in an environment with a mobile robot (104). The peripheral device has a controller (1026) with an active mode (938) in which the peripheral device is fully operative, and a hibernation mode (932) in which t...