The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Curtis W. Nielsen, Rexburg, ID (US);
David J. Bruemmer, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Miles C. Walton, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Robert S. Hartley, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
David I. Gertman, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Robert A. Kinoshita, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Jonathan Whetten, Denver, CO (US);
Curtis W. Nielsen, Rexburg, ID (US);
David J. Bruemmer, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Miles C. Walton, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Robert S. Hartley, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
David I. Gertman, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Robert A. Kinoshita, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Jonathan Whetten, Denver, CO (US);
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
A robot includes a hazard sensor, a locomotor, and a system controller. The robot senses a hazard intensity at a location of the robot, moves to a new location in response to the hazard intensity, and autonomously repeats the sensing and moving to determine multiple hazard levels at multiple locations. The robot may also include a communicator to communicate the multiple hazard levels to a remote controller. The remote controller includes a communicator for sending user commands to the robot and receiving the hazard levels from the robot. A graphical user interface displays an environment map of the environment proximate the robot and a scale for indicating a hazard intensity. A hazard indicator corresponds to a robot position in the environment map and graphically indicates the hazard intensity at the robot position relative to the scale.