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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Emilie Phillips, Brookline, NH (US);
Pavlo E. Rudakevych, Arroyo Grande, CA (US);
Orjeta Taka, Peabody, MA (US);
James Gordon Wolfe, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Tom Frost, Cambridge, MA (US);
Emilie Phillips, Brookline, NH (US);
Pavlo E. Rudakevych, Arroyo Grande, CA (US);
Orjeta Taka, Peabody, MA (US);
James Gordon Wolfe, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Tom Frost, Cambridge, MA (US);
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A system for allowing an operator to switch between remote vehicle tele-operation and one or more remote vehicle autonomous behaviors. The system comprises: an operator control unit receiving input from the operator including instructions for the remote vehicle to execute an autonomous behavior; a control system on the remote vehicle for receiving the instruction to execute an autonomous behavior from the operator control unit; and a GPS receiver, an inertial measurement unit, and a navigation CPU on the remote vehicle. Upon receiving the instruction to execute an autonomous behavior, the remote vehicle executes that autonomous behavior using input from the GPS receiver, the inertial measurement unit (IMU), and the navigation CPU.