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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
David W. Browning, Beaverton, OR (US);
Yoshifumi Nishi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Mark MacDonald, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/04 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); B60L 5/38 (2006.01); B60L 5/42 (2006.01); B60L 50/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 5/38 (2013.01); B60L 5/42 (2013.01); B60L 50/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); B60L 2200/30 (2013.01); B60L 2200/40 (2013.01); B60L 2260/32 (2013.01); Y02T 10/64 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Robots and apparatus, systems and methods for powering robots are disclosed. A disclosed conductive floor to power a robot on the floor includes a plurality of stationary conductors positioned in a pattern and a power delivery circuit to cause adjacent ones of the conductors to have different electrical potentials, the adjacent ones of the conductors to form a circuit to deliver power to the robot via contacts formed in a bottom surface of the robot.