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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Eric Richard Bartsch, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles William Fisher, Loveland, OH (US);
Paul Amaat France, West Chester, OH (US);
James Frederick Kirkpatrick, Milford, OH (US);
Gary Gordon Heaton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Charles Hortel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Arseni Velerevich Radomyselski, Hamilton, OH (US);
James Randy Stigall, Hebron, KY (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An autonomously movable cleaning robot comprising a platform and motive force to autonomously move the robot on a substantially horizontal surface having boundaries. The robot further has a computer processing unit for storing, receiving and transmitting data, and a cleaning implement operatively associated with the robot. The robot receives input data from an external source. The external source may be physical manipulation of the robot, remote control, or by triangulation from at least three external transmitters.