Evolution Robotics, Inc.

Irobot Corporation

Vederi, LLC

Other

California Institute of Technology

Clearmesh Networks, Inc.

Verderi, LLC

Omnilux, Inc.

Enrico Di Bernardo

Paolo Pirjanian

Luis Filipe Domingues Goncalves

L Niklas Karlsson

Luis F Goncalves

Michael J Dooley

Michael S Stout

Gabriel Francis Brisson

Dhiraj Goel

James Philip Case

Nikolai Romanov

Pietro Perona

Lihu Chiu

Carter M Moursund

Lorenzo Caminiti

L Nicklas Karlsson

Gabriel Brisson

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.

Methods and systems for complete coverage of a surface by an autonomous robot

A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as the images are being recorded. The images are indexed with the position data provided by the GPS receiver and inertial navigation system. The composite image is created on a column-by-column basis by determining which of the acquired images contains the desired pixel column, extracting the pixels associated with the column, and stacking the columns side by side. The composite images are stored in an image database and associated with a street name and number range of the street being depicted in the image. The image database covers a substantial amount of a geographic area allowing a user to visually navigate the area from a user terminal.

System and method for creating, storing and utilizing images of a geographical location

The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously, such visual techniques can be used to autonomously generate and update a map. Unlike with laser rangefinders, the visual techniques are economically practical in a wide range of applications and can be used in relatively dynamic environments, such as environments in which people move. One embodiment further advantageously uses multiple particles to maintain multiple hypotheses with respect to localization and mapping. Further advantageously, one embodiment maintains the particles in a relatively computationally-efficient manner, thereby permitting the SLAM processes to be performed in software using relatively inexpensive microprocessor-based computer systems.

Systems and methods for using multiple hypotheses in a visual simultaneous localization and mapping system

A system and method of sorting graphics files with a graphic server and image search engine is disclosed. The method preferably comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of search results where each of the search results comprising one or more associated graphics; using a general purpose computer to identifying one or more groups of said graphics that depict or otherwise possess similar visual features; and returning the plurality of search results to a user in accordance with said identified groups. The preferred embodiment effectively clusters graphics files, particularly image files, based on upon shared scale-invariant features in order to enable the user to readily identify collections of images relevant to the user while skip past collections of less relevant images.

System and method for managing search results including graphics

A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as the images are being recorded. The images are indexed with the position data. The composite image is created on a column-by-column basis by determining which of the acquired images contains the desired pixel column, extracting the pixels associated with the column, and stacking the columns side by side. The composite images are stored in an image database and associated with a street name and number range of the street being depicted in the image. The image database covers a substantial amount of a geographic area allowing a user to visually navigate the area from a user terminal.

A vehicle chase game includes a first game object and a second game object. A second game object scans for a projected spot on an overhead surface. The second game object detects the projected spot on the overhead surface and gathers location information based on the detected projected spot. The second game object generates a position of a first game object based on the location information. The second game object transfers the position of the first game object to the chase game application program. The chase game application program selects a behavior based on the position of the first game object, where a goal of the behavior is to drive the second game object to intercept the first game object. The chase game application program sends instructions to the second game object's mechanical and electrical systems to execute the selected behaviors.

Robotic game systems and methods

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Pasadena, CA, United States of America

Enrico Di Bernardo