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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2024
Teladoc Health, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Marco Pinter, Goleta, CA (US);
Fuji Lai, Goleta, CA (US);
Daniel Steven Sanchez, Summerland, CA (US);
James Ballantyne, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David Bjorn Roe, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Charles S. Jordan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Orjeta Taka, Peabody, MA (US);
Cheuk Wah Wong, Concord, MA (US);
Teladoc Health, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for social behavior of a telepresence robot are disclosed herein. A telepresence robot includes a drive system configured to move the telepresence robot; a control system configured to control the drive system to drive the telepresence robot around a work area; an object detection system configured to determine that a first object encountered by the telepresence robot is a human; and a social path component configured to: determine a first lockout zone having a first radius around the human and a first comfort zone having a second radius around the human, the second radius being larger than the first radius; and instruct the control system to cause the telepresence robot to: avoid traveling through the first lockout zone; move at a first maximum speed within the first comfort zone; and move at a second maximum speed outside of the first comfort zone, wherein the second maximum speed is greater than the first maximum speed.