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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Daniel N. Ozick, Newton, MA (US);
Andrea M. Okerholm, Lexington, MA (US);
Jeffrey W. Mammen, Westford, MA (US);
Michael J. Halloran, Waltham, MA (US);
Paul E. Sandin, Brookline, NH (US);
Chikyung Won, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Daniel N. Ozick, Newton, MA (US);
Andrea M. Okerholm, Lexington, MA (US);
Jeffrey W. Mammen, Westford, MA (US);
Michael J. Halloran, Waltham, MA (US);
Paul E. Sandin, Brookline, NH (US);
Chikyung Won, Tewksbury, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
An autonomous mobile robot system for bounded areas including a navigation beacon and an autonomous coverage robot. The navigation beacon has a gateway beacon emitter arranged to transmit a gateway marking emission with the navigation beacon disposed within a gateway between the first bounded area and an adjacent second bounded area. The autonomous coverage robot includes a beacon emission sensor responsive to the beacon emission, and a drive system configured to maneuver the robot about the first bounded area in a cleaning mode in which the robot is redirected in response to detecting the gateway marking emission. The drive system is also configured to maneuver the robot through the gateway into the second bounded area in a migration mode.