Irobot Corporation

Johns Hopkins University

Mdxhealth, Sa

James Herman

Stephen B Baylin

Geert Trooskens

Wim Van Criekinge

Seth Blitzblau

Josef Straub

Tom Bushman

Leslie Cope

Andrew Scott Reichel

Nathan J Deschaine

Leander Van Neste

Kornel Schuebel

An autonomous robot comprises a robot body, a drive configured to propel the robot, a sensor system disposed on the robot body, and a navigation controller circuit in communication with the drive and the sensor system. The sensor system comprises at least one proximity sensor comprising a sensor body, and a first emitter, a second emitter and a receiver housed by the sensor body, wherein the receiver detects objects in a bounded detection volume of the receiver field of view aimed outward and downward beyond a periphery of the robot body. The receiver is disposed above and between the first and second emitters, the emitters having a twice-reshaped emission beams angled upward to intersect the receiver field of view at a fixed range of distances from the periphery of the robot body to define the bounded detection volume.

Robot navigational sensor system

Growing community of inventors

Marblehead, MA, United States of America

James Herman