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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R. Hayward, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James H. Buttz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David L. Shirey, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; G06F 7/70 ; G06G 7/00 ; G06G 7/76 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; G06F 7/70 ; G06G 7/00 ; G06G 7/76 ;
Abstract
A control system for controlling mobile robots provides a way to control mobile robots, connected in tandem with coupling devices, to navigate across difficult terrain or in closed spaces. The mobile robots can be controlled cooperatively as a coupled system in linked mode or controlled individually as separate robots.