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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Keith Phillip Laby, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Charles S. Jordan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Steven Edward Butner, Goleta, CA (US);
James Cuevas, Ventura, CA (US);
Jonathan Southard, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mike Medus, Goleta, CA (US);
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Keith Phillip Laby, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Charles S. Jordan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Steven Edward Butner, Goleta, CA (US);
James Cuevas, Ventura, CA (US);
Jonathan Southard, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mike Medus, Goleta, CA (US);
InTouch Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot with at least five degrees of freedom and a teleconferencing function. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote control station that also has a camera and a monitor. The remote control station may be linked to a base station that is wirelessly coupled to the robot. The cameras and monitors allow a care giver at the remote location to monitor and care for a patient through the robot. The holonomic platform provides three degrees of freedom to allow the robot to move about a home or facility to locate and/or follow a patient. The robot also has mechanisms to provide at least two degrees of freedom for the camera.