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US 2019/0172284 A1Published application
Apparatus, System, and Method for Secure Robot Access
AssigneeSavioke, Inc.
InventorsPhilipp Herget, Steve B. Cousins, Tessa Lau
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Abstract
A mobile robot includes features to improve security when the mobile robot traverses a secure door between a secure area and an unsecure area. This may include the mobile robot checking that a region about the secure door, in the unsecure area, is clear of an entity that is a tailgating risk, prior to opening the secure door.
Claims20
A method of preventing tailgating of a mobile robot, comprising:
- determining, by the mobile robot, that the mobile robot requires access through a secure door separating a secure area from an unsecure area;
- and
- performing, prior to navigating the mobile robot through the secure door, at least one operation by the mobile robot to control opening of the secure door to prevent an unauthorized entry of at least one type of unauthorized entity through the secure door.
A mobile robot, comprising:
- a drive mechanism;
- a navigation system;
- and
- a controller configured to perform at least one operation, prior to navigating the mobile robot through a secure door separating an unsecure area from a secure area, to control opening of the secure door to prevent an unauthorized entry of at least one type of unauthorized entity through the secure door.
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A mobile robot, comprising:
- a drive mechanism;
- an autonomous navigation system;
- at least one sensor;
- a secure door activator to remotely open a secure door via a wireless communication interface;
- a secure door detector to detect secure doors separating an unsecure area from a secure area;
- and
- a controller configured to perform at least one operation, prior to navigating the mobile robot through the secure door, to control opening of the secure door to prevent an unauthorized entry of at least one type of unauthorized entity through the secure door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.