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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2016
Applicant:

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Zivthan A. Dubrovsky, Lexington, MA (US);

Raphael G. Cherney, Cambridge, MA (US);

Michael Mogenson, Cambridge, MA (US);

Justin Werfel, Somerville, MA (US);

Kathleen O'Donnell, Cambridge, MA (US);

Radhika Nagpal, Cambridge, MA (US);

Nils Napp, Cambridge, MA (US);

Hani M. Sallum, Somerville, MA (US);

Julian U. da Silva Gillig, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B43L 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B43L 13/022 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a method for interactive marking by a mobile robot on a vertical surface, a mobile robot that includes a sensor and an actuated marker is displaced across a vertical surface. Features on, in or behind the vertical surface are detected with the sensor. Displacement of the mobile robot and actuation of the actuated marker is controlled in response to the detection of these features.


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