Mobile human interface robot
    11.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:GB2527207A

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-16

    申请号:GB201510218

    申请日:2011-05-06

    Applicant: IROBOT CORP

    Abstract: A mobile robot 100 comprises a drive system 200, a controller 500 in communication with the drive system 200 and a volumetric point cloud imaging device 450, 450a, 450b supported above the drive system 200 at a height of greater than about one foot (30cm) above the ground and directed to be capable of obtaining a point cloud (3320 fig. 33E) from a volume of space (10a fig. 33E) that includes a floor plane (3332 fig. 33E) in a direction of movement of the mobile robot 100. The controller 500 receives point cloud signals from the imaging device 450, 450a. 450b and issues drive commands to the drive system 200 based at least in part on the received point cloud signals. The imaging device 450, 450a, 450b comprises first and second portions 450a, 450b respectively arranged to emit light substantially onto the ground and into a scene 10 substantially above the ground and respectively to receive reflections of the emitted light from the ground and reflections of the emitted light from the scene 10 about the robot 100.

    AUTONOMOUS COVERAGE ROBOT
    12.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU2015224421A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-01

    申请号:AU2015224421

    申请日:2015-09-09

    Applicant: IROBOT CORP

    Abstract: A mobile floor cleaning robot (100) includes a robot body (110) supported by a drive system (120) configured to maneuver the robot over a floor surface (10). The robot also includes a cleaning system (160) supported by the robot body, an imaging sensor 5 (510) disposed on the robot body, and a controller (150) in communication with the drive system and the imaging sensor. The controller receives a sequence of images (514b) of the floor surface. The controller segments each image into color blobs (23) by color quantizing pixels (514) of the image, determines a spatial distribution of each color of the image based on corresponding pixel locations (517), and identifies areas of the image 10 having a threshold spatial distribution for that color. The controller then tracks a location (12a) of the color blobs with respect to the imaging sensor across the sequence of images.

    MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEM
    15.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU2015218522A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-17

    申请号:AU2015218522

    申请日:2015-08-28

    Applicant: IROBOT CORP

    Abstract: A robot system includes a mobile robot having a controller executing a control system for controlling operation of the robot, a cloud computing service in communication with the controller of the robot, and a remote computing device in 5 communication with the cloud computing service. The remote computing device communicates with the robot through the cloud computing service. 1600,1600a 1605 1603 Cloud -, t Storage Portal M Dta 16 5 Content 3D Map Cloud |Classifier 1607 1 Model Map Dt OV Apps1610 310 [p~ Robot

    A method of abstracting mobile robot environmental data

    公开(公告)号:GB2519433B

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-01

    申请号:GB201416267

    申请日:2011-11-16

    Applicant: IROBOT CORP

    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile robot (100), the method comprising: maneuvering the robot (100) about a scene (10); emitting light onto the scene (10) about the robot (100); capturing images of the scene (10) along a drive direction (F) of the robot (100), the images comprising at least one of (a) a three-dimensional depth image, (b) an active illumination image, and (c) an ambient illumination image; receiving sensor data (1601) indicative of the scene (10), the sensor data (1601) comprising the images; communicating the sensor data (1601) to a cloud computing service (1620) that processes the received sensor data (1601) and communicates a process resultant (1607, 1609) to the robot (100), the process resultant (1607, 1609) comprising a map (1607) or a model (1609) of the scene (10); and maneuvering the robot (100) in the scene (10) based on the received process resultant (1607, 1609).

    MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEM
    17.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU2013263851B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-28

    申请号:AU2013263851

    申请日:2013-11-29

    Applicant: IROBOT CORP

    Abstract: A robot system (1600) includes a mobile robot (100) having a controller (500) executing a control system (510) for controlling operation of the robot, a cloud computing service (1620) in communication with the controller of the robot, and a remote 5 computing device (310) in communication with the cloud computing service. The remote computing device communicates with the robot through the cloud computing service. 11600,1600a 1605 1603 Cloud -- , ~Storage Pra S Data 1625 Potl Content 3D Map Cloud/clasfi 1607 1 Model Map Dt Device Apps Robot

    Autonomous coverage robot
    18.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU2013338354A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-16

    申请号:AU2013338354

    申请日:2013-10-17

    Applicant: IROBOT CORP

    Abstract: A mobile floor cleaning robot (100) includes a robot body (110) supported by a drive system (120) configured to maneuver the robot over a floor surface (10). The robot also includes a cleaning system (160) supported by the robot body, an imaging sensor (510) disposed on the robot body, and a controller (150) in communication with the drive system and the imaging sensor. The controller receives a sequence of images (514b) of the floor surface. The controller segments each image into color blobs (23) by color quantizing pixels (514) of the image, determines a spatial distribution of each color of the image based on corresponding pixel locations (517), and identifies areas of the image having a threshold spatial distribution for that color. The controller then tracks a location (12a) of the color blobs with respect to the imaging sensor across the sequence of images.

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