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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
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 and method for allowing an operator to switch between remote vehicle tele-operation and one or more remote vehicle autonomous behaviors, or for implementing remote vehicle autonomous behaviors. The system comprises an operator control system receiving input from the operator including instructions for the remote vehicle to execute an autonomous behavior, and a control system on the remote vehicle for receiving the instruction to execute an autonomous behavior from the operator control system. Upon receiving the instruction to execute an autonomous behavior, the remote vehicle executes that autonomous behavior.