Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compliant solid-state bumper for robot
- Patent Title (中): 适用于机器人的固态保险杠
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Application No.: US13803617Application Date: 2013-03-14
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Publication No.: US08950792B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Stephen A. Hickey , Andrew Pastore , Chikyung Won , Roger Dale Gamble , Andrew Beaulieu
- Applicant: iRobot Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Main IPC: B60R19/48
- IPC: B60R19/48 ; G05D1/02
Abstract:
A robot bumper assembly includes a bumper body, a first sensor array, and a second sensor array. The first sensor array is disposed along and contoured to the periphery of a forward facing portion of the bumper body and senses contact with an external environment at positions along the contour of the periphery forward facing portion of the bumper body. The second sensor array is disposed along and contoured to the periphery of a top portion of the forward facing portion of the robot body. The top portion is angled, ramping up. The second sensor array senses contact with an external environment at positions along the periphery of the angled top portion of the bumper body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130241217A1 Compliant Solid-State Bumper for Robot Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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