Invention Application
- Patent Title: AUTONOMOUS ROBOT AUTO-DOCKING AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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Application No.: US15647677Application Date: 2017-07-12
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Publication No.: US20180014709A1Publication Date: 2018-01-18
- Inventor: John P. O'Brien , Vazgen Karapetyan , William Morris
- Applicant: iRobot Corporation
- Main IPC: A47L9/28
- IPC: A47L9/28

Abstract:
A method for docking an autonomous mobile floor cleaning robot with a charging dock, the robot including a receiver coil and a structured light sensor, the charging dock including a docking bay and a transmitter coil, includes: positioning the robot in a prescribed docked position in the docking bay using the structured light sensor and by sensing a magnetic field emanating from the transmitter coil; and thereafter induction charging the robot using the receiver coil and the transmitter coil with the robot in the docked position.
Public/Granted literature
- US10575696B2 Autonomous robot auto-docking and energy management systems and methods Public/Granted day:2020-03-03
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