Method and system for controlling a robot
AssigneeTime Domain Corporation
InventorsSusan J. Glenn, Gregory A. Shreve
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Abstract
A system and method are described that use impulse radio technology to enhance the capabilities of a robot. In one embodiment, a system, a robot and a method are provided that use the communication capabilities of impulse radio technology to help a control station better control the actions of the robot. In another embodiment, a system, a robot and a method are provided that use the communication, position and/or radar capabilities of impulse radio technology to help a control station better control the actions of a robot in order to, for example, monitor and control the environment within a building.
Claims18
A method for controlling a robot, said method comprising the steps of:
- attaching, to the robot, an ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit;
- receiving, at a control station, impulse radio signals containing information from the ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit attached to the robot;
- using, at the control station, at least a portion of the received information to control the actions of the robot;
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- determining the position of the robot from the interaction between the ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit and at least two of a plurality of reference ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio units, wherein said control station can use the determined position of the robot to control the actions of the robot.
A robot comprising:
- a movable platform;
- an ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit for transmitting an impulse radio signal containing information to a control station that uses at least a portion of the information to control the actions of the robot;
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- said ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit interacts with at least two of a plurality of reference ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio units to enable a determination to be made as to a current position of the robot which can be used by the control station in controlling the actions of the robot.
A system comprising:
- a control station;
- a robot including an ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit for transmitting an impulse radio signal containing information to said control station that uses at least a portion of the information to control the actions of the robot, wherein at least a portion of the received information includes information about an area surrounding the robot that is in video form;
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- a plurality of reference ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio units at least two of which interact with the ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit of the robot to enable a determination to be made as to a current position of the robot which can be used by the control station to control the actions of the robot.
A robot comprising:
- an ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit for transmitting an impulse radio signal containing information to a control station that uses at least a portion of the information to control the actions of the robot, wherein at least a portion of the received information includes information about an area surrounding the robot that is in video form;
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- said ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio unit for interacting with at least two of a plurality of reference ultra wideband carrier wave-less impulse radio units to enable a determination to be made as to a current position of the robot which can be used by the control station in controlling the actions of the robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.