Locomotion-command method for mobile robots
AssigneesYutaka Kanayama, Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYutaka Kanayama
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Abstract
A locomotion-command method for a mobile robot of the type having a master section and a locomotion module wherein a travelling route is specified by a command sent from the master section to the locomotion module and wherein travelling on a given direction line is set as a basic motion, and a travelling route can be arbitrarily set by sending a command which specifies changes in the position, direction and angle of the direction line, to thereby enable a robot to freely travel with simple commands and to realize effective control of the robot.
Claims5
A control method for the travel motion of a mobile robot across an area definable by Cartesian coordinates along a traveling route using a main control module sending out coordinate related control commands as well as a locomotion module moving together with the robot and responding to the control commands and self-controlling the local direction of movement of the robot, characterized by the steps of:
- self-controlling of robot by the locomotion module such that said robot follows a given straight line;
- sending a change of course from the main control module to the locomotion module, said change of course command comprising data indicative of a location at which a change of course is to occur and data indicative of an angle between the given straight line and a new direction of travel;
- executing the change of course command by the locomotion module when the mobile robot reaches the location at which said change of course is to occur;
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- self-controlling the mobile robot by the locomotion module such that said robot follows a straight line along said angle in said new direction of travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.