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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2007
Adam P. Couture, Allston, MA (US);
Richard Page, Middleton, MA (US);
John P. O'brien, Newton, MA (US);
Mikhail Filippov, Arlington, MA (US);
Andrew Shein, Winchester, MA (US);
Adam P. Couture, Allston, MA (US);
Richard Page, Middleton, MA (US);
John P. O'Brien, Newton, MA (US);
Mikhail Filippov, Arlington, MA (US);
Andrew Shein, Winchester, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A robotic vehicle (A,BC,A, includes a chassis () having front and rear ends (A,A,B,B) and supported on right and left driven tracks (). Right and left elongated flippers () are disposed on corresponding sides of the chassis and operable to pivot. A linkage () connects a payload deck assembly (D,D,D), configured to support a removable functional payload, to the chassis. The linkage has a first end (A) rotatably connected to the chassis at a first pivot (), and a second end (B) rotatably connected to the deck at a second pivot (). Both of the first and second pivots include independently controllable pivot drivers () operable to rotatably position their corresponding pivots () to control both fore-aft position and pitch orientation of the payload deck (D,D,D) with respect to the chassis ().