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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Duane Leigh Gilbert, Jr., Goffstown, NH (US);
Faruk Halil Bursal, Lexington, MA (US);
Richard Joseph Therrien, Duxbury, MA (US);
Russell Walter Morin, Woburn, MA (US);
Duane Leigh Gilbert, Jr., Goffstown, NH (US);
Faruk Halil Bursal, Lexington, MA (US);
Richard Joseph Therrien, Duxbury, MA (US);
Russell Walter Morin, Woburn, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
An autonomous mobile robot comprise: a chassis having a drive system in communication with a control system; a cleaning head assembly having a lower cage and mounted to the chassis; a debris collection bin mounted to the chassis; a vacuum airway having a vacuum inlet and an airway outlet positioned adjacent the debris collection bin, and configured to deliver debris from the cleaning head assembly to a debris collection bin, the vacuum airway extending between the cleaning assembly and debris collection bin and being in fluid communication with an impeller disposed within the debris collection bin; and a cleaning head module connected to the chassis and having a front roller including a front shape-changing resilient tube and an adjacent rear roller including a rear shape-changing resilient tube rotatably opposing therewith beneath the vacuum inlet.