AUTONOMOUS COVERAGE ROBOT NAVIGATION SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an autonomous mobile robot to move to an adjacent bounded spatial region by a navigation beacon.SOLUTION: The navigation beacon has a gateway beacon emitter comprised so as to transmit gateway marking emission by a navigation beacon placed inside a gateway between a fi...

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Main Authors WON CHIKYUNG, DANIEL N OZIK, JEFFRY W MAMMEN, MICHAEL J HALLORAN, ANDREA M OKERHOLM, SANDIN PAUL E
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.09.2012
Subjects
COFFEE MILLS
CONTROLLING
DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES
DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING
FURNITURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SPICE MILLS
SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an autonomous mobile robot to move to an adjacent bounded spatial region by a navigation beacon.SOLUTION: The navigation beacon has a gateway beacon emitter comprised so as to transmit gateway marking emission by a navigation beacon placed inside a gateway between a first bounded spatial region and an adjacent second bounded spatial region. An autonomous coverage robot includes beacon emission sensors (104, 106) for responding to the beacon emission and a drive system comprised so as to move the robot around the first bounded spatial region in a cleaning mode in which to change the direction of the robot in response to detection of the gateway marking emission. The drive system moves the robot to the second bounded spatial region through the gateway in a migration mode.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20120083706