AUTONOMOUS COVERAGE ROBOT NAVIGATION SYSTEM

An autonomous mobile robot system for adjacent bounded areas (204; 206) including a navigation beacon (150, 202, 203, 304) and an autonomous coverage robot (100, 212, 302). The navigation beacon has a gateway beacon emitter (152) arranged to transmit a gateway marking emission (208, 316) with the na...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors WON CHIKYUNG, OZICK DANIEL N, HALLORAN MICHAEL J, MAMMEN JEFFRY W, SANDIN PAUL E, OKERHOLM ANDREA M
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Korean
Published 30.05.2012
Subjects
CONTROLLING
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:An autonomous mobile robot system for adjacent bounded areas (204; 206) including a navigation beacon (150, 202, 203, 304) and an autonomous coverage robot (100, 212, 302). The navigation beacon has a gateway beacon emitter (152) arranged to transmit a gateway marking emission (208, 316) with the navigation beacon disposed within a gateway (210) between the first bounded area (204) and an adjacent second bounded area (206). The autonomous coverage robot includes a beacon emission sensor (104, 106) responsive to the beacon emission, and a drive system (130, 132) configured to maneuver the robot about the first bounded area (204) in a cleaning mode in which the robot is redirected in response to detecting the gateway marking emission (208, 316). The drive system is also configured to maneuver the robot through the gateway (210) into the second bounded area (206) in a migration mode.
Bibliography:Application Number: KR20127012012