Standing test device for mobile robots
AssigneeX Development LLC
InventorRobert Holmberg
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Abstract
Embodiments are provided that include a method that includes causing a mobile robot to navigate toward a standing test device placed within an environment of the mobile robot. The method also includes receiving, from a proximity sensor on the standing test device, sensor data indicative of proximity of the mobile robot to the standing test device as the mobile robot navigates toward the standing test device. The method further includes determining, based on the sensor data received from the proximity sensor on the standing test device, an approach motion profile followed by the mobile robot in navigating toward the standing device. The method additionally includes providing a control instruction for the mobile robot based on the determined approach motion profile.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- causing a mobile robot to navigate toward a standing test device placed within an environment of the mobile robot;
- receiving, from a proximity sensor on the standing test device, sensor data indicative of proximity of the mobile robot to the standing test device as the mobile robot navigates toward the standing test device;
- determining, based on the sensor data received from the proximity sensor on the standing test device, an approach motion profile followed by the mobile robot in navigating toward the standing device;
- and
- providing a control instruction for the mobile robot based on the determined approach motion profile.
A system comprising:
- a freestanding housing;
- a proximity sensor disposed on the housing;
- one or more processors;
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- and
- program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by the one or more processors to:
- receive an identifier for a mobile robot from a control system that has instructed the mobile robot to navigate toward the standing test device as part of a robot sensor testing procedure;
- identify the mobile robot as the mobile robot approaches the housing;
- determine, from the proximity sensor, proximity data comprising a plurality of distances between the housing and the mobile robot;
- associate the proximity data with the identifier;
- and
- send data representative of the proximity data and the identifier to the control system.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a computing system to perform functions comprising:
- causing a mobile robot to navigate toward a standing test device placed within an environment of the mobile robot;
- receiving, from a proximity sensor on the standing test device, sensor data indicative of proximity of the mobile robot to the standing test device as the mobile robot navigates toward the standing test device;
- determining, based on the sensor data received from the proximity sensor on the standing test device, an approach motion profile followed by the mobile robot in navigating toward the standing device;
- and
- providing a control instruction for the mobile robot based on the determined approach motion profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.