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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Mark R. Claffee, Methuen, MA (US);
Timothy R. Ohm, Grover Beach, CA (US);
Erik Amaral, Lexington, MA (US);
Annan M. Mozeika, Andover, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A robot includes a support, a movable member coupled to the support to permit gimbal rotation about a pitch axis and a yaw axis, and first and second linear actuators connected to each of the support and the movable member and operable to rotate the movable member about the pitch axis and the yaw axis. The first linear actuator is pivotally attached to the movable member at a first pivot point. The second linear actuator is pivotally attached to the movable member at a second pivot point. The first and second pivot points are each angularly offset from the pitch axis and the yaw axis by about 45 degrees and are located on the same side of the pitch axis.