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公开(公告)号:US20200163519A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-28
申请号:US16778447
申请日:2020-01-31
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Chikyung Won , Stephen A. Hickey , Mark Steven Schnittman , Zivthan A. Dubrovsky , Selma Svendsen , Jed Lowry , David Orrin Swett , John Devlin
Abstract: A cleaning robot system including a robot and a robot maintenance station. The robot includes a robot body, a drive system, a cleaning assembly, and a cleaning bin carried by the robot body and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. The robot maintenance station includes a station housing configured to receive the robot for maintenance. The station housing has an evacuation passageway exposed to a top portion of the received robot. The robot maintenance station also includes an air mover in pneumatic communication with the evacuation passageway and a collection bin carried by the station housing and in pneumatic communication with the evacuation passageway. The station housing and the robot body fluidly connect the evacuation passageway to the cleaning bin of the received robot. The air mover evacuates debris held in the robot cleaning bin to the collection bin through the evacuation passageway.
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公开(公告)号:US10272828B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-30
申请号:US15238633
申请日:2016-08-16
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Cory White , Benjamin H. Schriesheim , Oliver Lewis , Stephen A. Hickey , Stuart R. Jang , Michael J Dooley
IPC: B60Q1/50 , G05D1/02 , G05D1/00 , A47L9/28 , A47L7/00 , A47L9/00 , A47L9/10 , A47L9/19 , A47L9/30 , B25J9/00
Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot includes a body, a drive supporting the body above a floor surface, a light-propagating plate positioned on the body and having a periphery defining a continuous loop, light sources each being positioned to direct light through a portion of the plate to a portion of the continuous loop, and a controller to selectively operate the light sources to provide a visual indicator of a status or service condition of the autonomous mobile robot. The drive is configured to maneuver the mobile robot about the floor surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20170055796A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-02
申请号:US15278772
申请日:2016-09-28
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Chikyung Won , Stephen A. Hickey , Mark Steven Schnittman , Zivthan A. Dubrovsky , Selma Svendsen , Jed Lowry , David Orrin Swett , John Devlin
IPC: A47L11/40
CPC classification number: A47L11/4091 , A47L9/106 , A47L9/108 , A47L11/24 , A47L11/33 , A47L11/4002 , A47L11/4008 , A47L11/4011 , A47L11/4013 , A47L11/4025 , A47L11/4041 , A47L11/4044 , A47L11/4066 , A47L11/4069 , A47L2201/02 , A47L2201/024 , A47L2201/028 , A47L2201/04
Abstract: A cleaning robot system including a robot and a robot maintenance station. The robot includes a robot body, a drive system, a cleaning assembly, and a cleaning bin carried by the robot body and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. The robot maintenance station includes a station housing configured to receive the robot for maintenance. The station housing has an evacuation passageway exposed to a top portion of the received robot. The robot maintenance station also includes an air mover in pneumatic communication with the evacuation passageway and a collection bin carried by the station housing and in pneumatic communication with the evacuation passageway. The station housing and the robot body fluidly connect the evacuation passageway to the cleaning bin of the received robot. The air mover evacuates debris held in the robot cleaning bin to the collection bin through the evacuation passageway.
Abstract translation: 一种包括机器人和机器人维护站的清洁机器人系统。 机器人包括机器人主体,驱动系统,清洁组件和由机器人主体承载并构造成接收由清洁组件搅动的碎屑的清洁仓。 机器人维护站包括被配置为接收机器人进行维护的站外壳。 车站外壳具有暴露于所接收的机器人的顶部的抽空通道。 机器人维护站还包括与排气通道气动连通的送风机和由车站外壳携带并与抽空通道气动连通的收集箱。 车站外壳和机器人体将排气通道流体地连接到接收的机器人的清洁箱。 空气推进器通过疏散通道将机器人清洁箱中保持的碎屑抽空到收集箱。
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公开(公告)号:US20150183389A1
公开(公告)日:2015-07-02
申请号:US14643438
申请日:2015-03-10
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Stephen A. Hickey , Andrew Pastore , Chikyung Won , Roger Dale Gamble , Andrew Beaulieu
CPC classification number: B60R19/483 , A47L11/4011 , A47L11/4061 , A47L2201/04 , B25J19/0091 , G05D1/021 , G05D1/0227 , G05D1/0238 , G05D2201/0215 , Y10S901/46
Abstract: A robot bumper including a bumper body having a forward surface and a top surface angling away from the forward surface. The bumper body conforms to a shape of a received robot chassis. The robot bumper also includes a force absorbing layer disposed on the bumper body, a membrane switch layer comprising a plurality of electrical contacts arranged along the top surface of the bumper body, and a force transmission layer disposed between the force absorbing layer and the membrane switch layer. The force transmission layer includes a plurality of force transmitting elements configured to transmit force to the membrane switch layer.
Abstract translation: 一种机器人保险杠,包括具有前表面的保险杠主体和远离前表面的顶表面。 保险杠主体符合接收到的机器人底盘的形状。 机器人保险杠还包括设置在保险杠主体上的力吸收层,膜开关层,包括沿着保险杠主体的顶表面布置的多个电触头,以及设置在力吸收层和膜开关之间的力传递层 层。 力传递层包括多个力传递元件,其被配置为将力传递到膜开关层。
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公开(公告)号:US20140352103A1
公开(公告)日:2014-12-04
申请号:US14461733
申请日:2014-08-18
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Chikyung Won , Scott Thomas Burnett , Stephen A. Hickey , Deepak Ramesh Kapoor , Zivthan A. Dubrovsky , Selma Svendsen , Robert Rizzari , Paul E. Sandin
CPC classification number: A47L11/40 , A47L5/30 , A47L9/009 , A47L9/0466 , A47L9/12 , A47L9/2857 , A47L9/2894 , A47L9/30 , A47L11/24 , A47L11/4011 , A47L11/4013 , A47L11/4041 , A47L11/4061 , A47L11/4072 , A47L2201/00 , B25J9/0003 , B60L15/2036 , B60L50/52 , B60L53/14 , B60L2200/40 , B60L2250/10 , B60L2250/16 , B60L2260/32 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0227 , G05D1/0234 , G05D1/0242 , G05D1/0255 , G05D1/0272 , G05D1/0274 , G05D1/028 , G05D2201/0203 , G05D2201/0215 , H04L1/16 , Y02P90/60 , Y02T10/645 , Y02T10/7005 , Y02T10/7072 , Y02T10/72 , Y02T10/7258 , Y02T10/7275 , Y02T90/14 , Y10S901/01 , Y10S901/50
Abstract: A coverage robot including a chassis, multiple drive wheel assemblies disposed on the chassis, and a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis. Each drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly housing, a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing, and a wheel drive motor carried by the drive wheel assembly housing and operable to drive the wheel. The cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing, a cleaning head rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing, and a cleaning drive motor carried by cleaning assembly housing and operable to drive the cleaning head. The wheel assemblies and the cleaning assembly are each separately and independently removable from respective receptacles of the chassis as complete units.
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公开(公告)号:US20140246874A1
公开(公告)日:2014-09-04
申请号:US14277270
申请日:2014-05-14
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Stephen A. Hickey , Andrew Pastore , Chikyung Won , Roger Dale Gamble
CPC classification number: B60R19/483 , A47L11/4011 , A47L11/4061 , A47L2201/04 , B25J19/0091 , G05D1/021 , G05D1/0227 , G05D1/0238 , G05D2201/0215 , Y10S901/46
Abstract: A robot bumper including a bumper body having a forward surface and a top surface angling away from the forward surface. The bumper body conforms to a shape of a received robot chassis. The robot bumper also includes a force absorbing layer disposed on the bumper body, a membrane switch layer comprising a plurality of electrical contacts arranged along the top surface of the bumper body, and a force transmission layer disposed between the force absorbing layer and the membrane switch layer. The force transmission layer includes a plurality of force transmitting elements configured to transmit force to the membrane switch layer.
Abstract translation: 一种机器人保险杠,包括具有前表面的保险杠主体和远离前表面的顶表面。 保险杠主体符合接收到的机器人底盘的形状。 机器人保险杠还包括设置在保险杠主体上的力吸收层,膜开关层,包括沿着保险杠主体的顶表面布置的多个电触头,以及设置在力吸收层和膜开关之间的力传递层 层。 力传递层包括多个力传递元件,其被配置为将力传递到膜开关层。
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公开(公告)号:US11723500B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17720612
申请日:2022-04-14
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Stephen A. Hickey
CPC classification number: A47L9/0686 , A47L9/0606 , A47L9/0673 , A47L9/1418 , A47L9/1427 , A47L9/1481 , A47L2201/04
Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, a debris collection device for an autonomous cleaning robot includes a cleaning pad portion configured to contact a floor surface. The cleaning pad portion includes a backing and at least one cleaning pad connected to a bottom surface of the backing. The autonomous cleaning robot includes a vacuum bag portion configured to collect at least a portion of debris removed from the floor surface by a vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot. A volume of the vacuum bag portion is positioned vertically above the cleaning pad portion.
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公开(公告)号:US11679713B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-20
申请号:US17459826
申请日:2021-08-27
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Cory White , Benjamin H. Schriesheim , Oliver Lewis , Stephen A. Hickey , Stuart R. Jang , Michael J. Dooley
IPC: B60Q1/50 , A47L7/00 , A47L9/00 , A47L9/10 , A47L9/19 , A47L9/28 , A47L9/30 , B25J9/00 , G05D1/00 , G05D1/02
CPC classification number: B60Q1/50 , A47L7/0085 , A47L9/009 , A47L9/106 , A47L9/19 , A47L9/2805 , A47L9/2826 , A47L9/2836 , A47L9/2852 , A47L9/2857 , A47L9/2884 , A47L9/2889 , A47L9/30 , B25J9/00 , G05D1/0016 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0246 , A47L2201/00 , A47L2201/022 , A47L2201/04 , A47L2201/06 , G05D2201/0203 , Y10S901/01
Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot includes a body, a drive supporting the body above a floor surface, a light-propagating plate positioned on the body and having a periphery defining a continuous loop, light sources each being positioned to direct light through a portion of the plate to a portion of the continuous loop, and a controller to selectively operate the light sources to provide a visual indicator of a status or service condition of the autonomous mobile robot. The drive is configured to maneuver the mobile robot about the floor surface.
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公开(公告)号:US11317773B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-03
申请号:US16235945
申请日:2018-12-28
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Stephen A. Hickey
Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, a debris collection device for an autonomous cleaning robot includes a cleaning pad portion configured to contact a floor surface. The cleaning pad portion includes a backing and at least one cleaning pad connected to a bottom surface of the backing. The autonomous cleaning robot includes a vacuum bag portion configured to collect at least a portion of debris removed from the floor surface by a vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot. A volume of the vacuum bag portion is positioned vertically above the cleaning pad portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20200205626A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16235945
申请日:2018-12-28
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Stephen A. Hickey
Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, a debris collection device for an autonomous cleaning robot includes a cleaning pad portion configured to contact a floor surface. The cleaning pad portion includes a backing and at least one cleaning pad connected to a bottom surface of the backing. The autonomous cleaning robot includes a vacuum bag portion configured to collect at least a portion of debris removed from the floor surface by a vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot. A volume of the vacuum bag portion is positioned vertically above the cleaning pad portion.
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