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US 12,532,996 B2Granted
Mobile cleaning robot with active suspension
AssigneeiRobot Corporation
InventorTimothy R. Ohm
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Abstract
A mobile cleaning robot an include a body, a drive wheel, a wheel stop, and an actuator system. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body. The actuator system can be operable to move the wheel stop to engage the drive wheel to extend the drive wheel from the body.
Claims20
A mobile cleaning robot comprising:
- a body;
- a drive wheel connected to the body and operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment;
- a wheel stop rotatable with respect to the body;
- a fender connected to the drive wheel and at least partially surrounding the drive wheel, the wheel stop engageable with the fender;
- and
- an actuator system operable to rotate the wheel stop to engage the fender to extend the drive wheel from the body.
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A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot, the docking station comprising:
- a base configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot at least partially thereon, and the base configured to receive a mopping pad of a mobile cleaning robot at least partially thereon;
- a one or more walls connected to the base and extending therefrom;
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- a pad engagement system connected to the one or more walls and engageable with the mopping pad of the mobile cleaning robot to release the mopping pad from the mobile cleaning robot.
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A mobile cleaning robot system comprising:
- a mobile cleaning robot comprising:
- a body;
- a mopping pad releasably connectable to the body;
- a pair of drive wheels connected to the body and operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment;
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- an active suspension system operable to move the body with respect to the pair of drive wheels;
- a docking station comprising:
- a base configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot at least partially thereon;
- a wall connected to the base and extending therefrom;
- and
- a pad engagement system connected to the wall and engageable with the mopping pad to release the mopping pad from the mobile cleaning robot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.