Mobile robot

A mobile robot including a robot body, a drive system supporting the robot body, and a controller in communication with the drive system. The robot also includes an actuator moving a portion of the robot body through a volume of space adjacent the mobile robot and a sensor pod in communication with...

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Main Authors SHAMLIAN STEVEN V, WONG CHEUK WAH, VICENTI JASPER FOURWAYS, HALLORAN MICHAEL, RAUHUT EBEN, TAKA ORJETA, ROSENSTEIN MICHAEL T, LYDON PETER J, BENSON BRIAN C, WON CHIKYUNG, FARLOW TIMOTHY S, CHIAPPETTA MARK, PACK ROBERT TODD, KEARNS JUSTIN H
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.02.2015
Subjects
CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
CONTROLLING
HAND TOOLS
MANIPULATORS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
REGULATING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A mobile robot including a robot body, a drive system supporting the robot body, and a controller in communication with the drive system. The robot also includes an actuator moving a portion of the robot body through a volume of space adjacent the mobile robot and a sensor pod in communication with the controller. The sensor pod includes a collar rotatably supported and having a curved wall formed at least partially as a surface of revolution about a vertical axis. The sensor pod also includes a volumetric point cloud sensor housed by the collar and observing the volume of space adjacent the robot from within the collar along an observation axis extending through the curved wall. A collar actuator rotates the collar and the volumetric point cloud sensor together about the collar axis.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201213555529