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US 2009/0024250 A1Published application
Mobile Robot and method for controlling mobile robot
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsJunji Oaki, Fumio Ozaki, Nobuto Matsuhira
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Abstract
A mobile robot includes: a main body; a drive unit that moves the main body; a contact force detecting unit that detects a contact force acting against an obstacle; and a controller that controls the drive unit to move the main body toward a target object under a condition that the contact force detected by the contact force detecting unit is in a predetermined range.
Claims7
A mobile robot comprising:
- a main body;
- a drive unit that moves the main body;
- a contact force detecting unit that detects a contact force acting against an obstacle;
- and
- a controller that controls the drive unit to move the main body toward a target object under a condition that the contact force detected by the contact force detecting unit is in a predetermined range.
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A method for controlling a mobile robot,
- wherein the mobile robot includes:
- a main body;
- a drive unit that moves the main body;
- and
- a contact force detecting unit that detects a contact force acting against an obstacle, and
- wherein the method comprises:
- receiving the contact force from the contact force detecting unit;
- and
- controlling the drive unit to move the main body toward a target object under a condition that the contact force is in a predetermined range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.