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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
Selma Svendsen, Melrose, MA (US);
James Allard, Newton, MA (US);
David S. Barrett, Needham, MA (US);
Misha Filippov, Arlington, MA (US);
Robert Todd Pack, Nashua, NH (US);
Selma Svendsen, Melrose, MA (US);
James Allard, Newton, MA (US);
David S. Barrett, Needham, MA (US);
Misha Filippov, Arlington, MA (US);
Robert Todd Pack, Nashua, NH (US);
iRobot Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
System and method for multi-modal control of a vehicle. Actuators (e.g., linkages) manipulate input devices (e.g., articulation controls and drive controls, such as a throttle, brake, accelerator, throttle lever, steering gear, tie rods, or transmission shifter) to direct the operation of the vehicle. Behaviors that characterize the operational mode of the vehicle are associated with the actuators. After receipt of a mode select command that dictates the operational mode of the vehicle (e.g., manned operation, remote unmanned tele-operation, assisted remote tele-operation, and autonomous unmanned operation), the actuators manipulate the operator input devices, in accordance with the behaviors, to affect the desired operational mode.