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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph L. Jones, Acton, MA (US);
Philip R. Mass, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); A47L 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); A47L 11/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0227 (2013.01); G05D 1/0242 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); G05D 1/0255 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control system for a mobile robot () is provided to effectively cover a given area by operating in a plurality of modes, including an obstacle following mode () and a random bounce mode (). In other embodiments, spot coverage, such as spiraling (), or other modes are also used to increase effectiveness. In addition, a behavior based architecture is used to implement the control system, and various escape behaviors are used to ensure full coverage.