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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Andrew Ziegler, Arlington, MA (US);
Andrew Jones, Roslindale, MA (US);
Clara VU, Cambridge, MA (US);
Matthew Cross, Mason, NH (US);
Ken Sinclair, Newton, MA (US);
Tony L. Campbell, Pepperell, MA (US);
Andrew Ziegler, Arlington, MA (US);
Andrew Jones, Roslindale, MA (US);
Clara Vu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Matthew Cross, Mason, NH (US);
Ken Sinclair, Newton, MA (US);
Tony L. Campbell, Pepperell, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A robot system includes a base station and a robot. The base station includes a wireless transceiver configured to communicate TCP/IP transmissions over a local wireless protocol, a wired Ethernet connector for communicating TCP/IP transmissions over a local wired Ethernet accessing the Internet, and an access point circuit for transferring TCP/IP transmissions between the local wired Ethernet and local wireless protocol. The access point circuit is limited to a predetermined IP address locked to the robot, a predetermined shell level encryption locked to the robot, and predetermined ports to the Internet open only to the robot. The robot includes a wireless transceiver configured to communicate TCP/IP transmissions over a local wireless protocol and a client circuit for transferring TCP/IP transmissions over the local wireless protocol.