Autonomous robot localization

A location estimation system for use with an autonomous lawn mowing robot, comprises a plurality of synthetic surfaces positioned with respect to a mowable space in an environment, a radiation source coupled to the lawn mowing robot, a detector coupled to the lawn mowing robot and configured to dete...

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Main Authors Milliken Jamie, Pierce Travis, Halloran Michael J, Peters Eric Charles
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.12.2016
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CONTROLLING
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
FISHING
FORESTRY
HARVESTING
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
MOWING
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
REGULATING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TESTING
TRAPPING
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Summary:A location estimation system for use with an autonomous lawn mowing robot, comprises a plurality of synthetic surfaces positioned with respect to a mowable space in an environment, a radiation source coupled to the lawn mowing robot, a detector coupled to the lawn mowing robot and configured to detect radiation reflected by objects in the environment, and a controller configured to controllably direct radiation from the radiation source to scan the environment, and to vary at least one of an output power of the directed radiation and a scan rate of the directed radiation, as a function of detected radiation reflected from one or more of the synthetic surfaces.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414512013