公开(公告)号：US20190092183A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US15712441

申请日：2017-09-22

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corporation

Inventor： Michael Sussman ,  Aron Klair Insinga

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00

Abstract: An electrical charging station for charging an autonomous robot having a battery. The charging station includes a first charging member configured to receive a second charging member on the autonomous robot when the autonomous robot is docked with the charging station. There is a communications device configured to receive from the autonomous robot an identifier indicative of a type of battery on the autonomous robot. There is a power supply, electrically connected to the first charging member, configured to charge the autonomous robot according to a charging profile. The charging profile is selected based at least in part on the identifier received from the autonomous robot.

公开(公告)号：US20190092184A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US15712516

申请日：2017-09-22

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corporation

Inventor： Michael Sussman ,  Aron Klair Insinga

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0225 ,  B60L53/14 ,  B60L53/35 ,  B60L53/65 ,  B60L58/13 ,  B60L2230/16 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  G05D2201/0216 ,  H02J7/0004 ,  H02J7/0027 ,  H02J7/0044 ,  H02J7/0047 ,  H02J7/0063 ,  H02J7/0078 ,  H02J7/0085

Abstract: An electrical charging system for charging an autonomous robot powered by a re-chargeable battery and having a first charging member. The charging station includes a second charging member configured to receive the first charging member on the autonomous robot when the autonomous robot is docked with the charging station for charging the re-chargeable battery. There is a power supply configured to charge the re-chargeable battery of the robot and a sensor configured to measure an amount of charge transferred from the power supply to the robot. There is a processor configured to determine from the amount of charge transferred from the power supply to the robot measured by the sensor, a state of charge (SOC) of the autonomous robot. There is also a communications device configured to transmit to the robot the SOC of the robot while docked at the charging station.