Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robot charger docking localization
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Application No.: US15821669Application Date: 2017-11-22
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Publication No.: US10365656B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Thomas Moore , Bradley Powers , Michael Sussman , Aron K. Insinga
- Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.
- Applicant Address: US MA Wilmington
- Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Wilmington
- Agency: Verrill Dana, LLP
- Agent John W. Powell
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; H02J7/00 ; B60L53/14 ; B60L53/36

Abstract:
A method, system, and wheeled base for navigating a robot for docking with a charger docking station. The robot receives an initial pose associated with a robot charger docking station and a mating pose associated with the robot charger docking station. The robot first navigates from a location to an initial pose using scan matching to a first map. The robot performs a second navigation from the initial pose to the mating pose using scan matching to a second map, thereby causing an electrical charging port of the robot to mate with an electrical charging assembly of the robot charger docking station. Localization during charger docking may use a higher resolution map than when navigating to the docking station. Localizing against the robot charger docking station may be performed on a higher resolution map of the docking station alone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190155296A1 ROBOT CHARGER DOCKING LOCALIZATION Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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