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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2013
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Intouch Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Charles S. Jordan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Tim Wright, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Michael Chan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Marco Pinter, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kevin Hanrahan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Daniel Sanchez, Summerland, CA (US);
James Ballantyne, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Cody Herzog, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Blair Whitney, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Fuji Lai, Goleta, CA (US);
Kelton Temby, Goleta, CA (US);
Eben Christopher Rauhut, Watertown, MA (US);
Justin H. Kearns, Cambridge, MA (US);
Cheuk Wah Wong, Bedford, MA (US);
Timothy Sturtevant Farlow, Needham, MA (US);
INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Goleta, CA (US);
IROBOT CORPORATION, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an imaging system, and a mapping module. The mapping module may access a plan view map of an area and tags associated with the area. In various embodiments, each tag may include tag coordinates and tag information, which may include a tag annotation. A tag identification system may identify tags within a predetermined range of the current position and the control system may execute an action based on an identified tag whose tag information comprises a telepresence robot action modifier. The telepresence robot may rotate an upper portion independent from a lower portion. A remote terminal may allow an operator to control the telepresence robot using any combination of control methods, including by selecting a destination in a live video feed, by selecting a destination on a plan view map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.