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Patent No.:

US 8682502 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2008
Applicants:

Jacob Curtis Jurmain, Hanover, NH (US);

Aaron John Powers, Arlington, MA (US);

Marc Vollenweider, Kirkland, WA (US);

Jeffrey Joseph Berkley, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jacob Curtis Jurmain, Hanover, NH (US);

Aaron John Powers, Arlington, MA (US);

Marc Vollenweider, Kirkland, WA (US);

Jeffrey Joseph Berkley, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for controlling one or more remote vehicles may comprise manipulating a remote dexterous control device, translating movement of the remote dexterous control device into movement of the one or more remote vehicles, and providing a sliding work window allowing control of the one or more remote vehicles' entire range of motion without sacrificing control resolution.


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