公开(公告)号：US09427875B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-30

申请号：US14949002

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Dhiraj Goel ,  Ethan Eade ,  Philip Fong ,  Mario E. Munich

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: B25J9/1697 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/1628 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  G05D1/0253 ,  G05D1/0268 ,  G05D1/027 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for carpet drift estimation are disclosed. In certain implementations, a robotic device includes an actuator system to move the body across a surface. A first set of sensors can sense an actuation characteristic of the actuator system. For example, the first set of sensors can include odometry sensors for sensing wheel rotations of the actuator system. A second set of sensors can sense a motion characteristic of the body. The first set of sensors may be a different type of sensor than the second set of sensors. A controller can estimate carpet drift based at least on the actuation characteristic sensed by the first set of sensors and the motion characteristic sensed by the second set of sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20160101523A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-14

申请号：US14880610

申请日：2015-10-12

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Michael S. Stout ,  Gabriel Francis Brisson ,  Enrico Di Bernardo ,  Paolo Pirjanian ,  Dhiraj Goel ,  James Philip Case ,  Michael Dooley

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/1684 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/005 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/163 ,  G05D1/0219 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D1/0257 ,  G05D1/0263 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0208 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/46

Abstract: A robot configured to navigate a surface, the robot comprising a movement mechanism; a logical map representing data about the surface and associating locations with one or more properties observed during navigation; an initialization module configured to establish an initial pose comprising an initial location and an initial orientation; a region covering module configured to cause the robot to move so as to cover a region; an edge—following module configured to cause the robot to follow unfollowed edges; a control module configured to invoke region covering on a first region defined at least in part based at least part of the initial pose, to invoke region covering on least one additional region, to invoke edge-following, and to invoke region covering cause the mapping module to mark followed edges as followed, and cause a third region covering on regions discovered during edge-following.

Abstract translation: 一种被配置为导航表面的机器人，所述机器人包括移动机构; 表示关于表面的数据和将位置与在导航期间观察到的一个或多个属性相关联的逻辑图; 初始化模块，被配置为建立包括初始位置和初始取向的初始姿势; 区域覆盖模块，被配置为使所述机器人移动以覆盖区域; 边缘跟随模块被配置为使机器人跟随未追随的边缘; 控制模块，被配置为调用覆盖在至少部分地基于初始姿态的至少一部分定义的第一区域上的区域，以调用覆盖至少一个附加区域的区域，以调用边缘跟随，并且调用区域覆盖导致映射 模块来标记跟随的边缘，并且使得覆盖在边缘跟随期间发现的区域的第三区域。

公开(公告)号：US20140222279A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-07

申请号：US14251390

申请日：2014-04-11

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Michael S. Stout ,  Gabriel Francis Brisson ,  Enrico Di Bernardo ,  Paolo Pirjanian ,  Dhiraj Goel ,  James Philip Case ,  Michael Dooley

IPC: G05D1/02

CPC classification number: B25J9/1684 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/005 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/163 ,  G05D1/0219 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D1/0257 ,  G05D1/0263 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0208 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/46

Abstract: A robot configured to navigate a surface, the robot comprising a movement mechanism; a logical map representing data about the surface and associating locations with one or more properties observed during navigation; an initialization module configured to establish an initial pose comprising an initial location and an initial orientation; a region covering module configured to cause the robot to move so as to cover a region; an edge-following module configured to cause the robot to follow unfollowed edges; a control module configured to invoke region covering on a first region defined at least in part based at least part of the initial pose, to invoke region covering on least one additional region, to invoke edge-following, and to invoke region covering cause the mapping module to mark followed edges as followed, and cause a third region covering on regions discovered during edge-following.

Abstract translation: 一种被配置为导航表面的机器人，所述机器人包括移动机构; 表示关于表面的数据和将位置与在导航期间观察到的一个或多个属性相关联的逻辑图; 初始化模块，被配置为建立包括初始位置和初始取向的初始姿势; 区域覆盖模块，被配置为使所述机器人移动以覆盖区域; 边缘跟随模块被配置为使机器人跟随未追随的边缘; 控制模块，被配置为调用覆盖在至少部分地基于初始姿态的至少一部分定义的第一区域上的区域，以调用覆盖至少一个附加区域的区域，以调用边缘跟随，并且调用区域覆盖导致映射 模块来标记跟随的边缘，并且使得覆盖在边缘跟随期间发现的区域的第三区域。