Celestial navigation system for an autonomous robot
AssigneeiRobot Corporation
InventorsMark J. Chiappetta, James Paul Frankel
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Abstract
An autonomous robot system including a transmitter disposed within a working area and a mobile robot operating within the working area. The transmitter includes an emitter for emitting at least one signal onto a remote surface above the working area. The mobile robot includes a robot body, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot over a surface within the working area, and a navigation system in communication with the drive system. The navigation system includes a receiver responsive to the emitted signal as reflected off of the remote surface and a processor connected to the receiver and configured to determine a relative location of the robot within the working area based on input from the receiver.
Claims19
An autonomous robot system comprising:
- a transmitter separate from a mobile robot operating in a working area, the transmitter being disposed within the working area and comprising an emitter configured to emit at least one signal onto a remote surface above the working area, wherein the transmitter is configured so that the emitter is positionable to emit the signal to at least two different positions on the remote surface;
- wherein the mobile robot:
- a robot body;
- a drive system disposed on the robot body and configured to maneuver the robot over a surface within a working area;
- and
- a navigation system in communication with the drive system, the navigation system comprises:
- a receiver responsive to the emitted signal as reflected off of the remote surface;
- and
- a processor connected to the receiver and configured to determine a relative location of the robot within the working area based on input from the receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.