公开(公告)号：US10905297B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16185472

申请日：2018-11-09

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： John P. O'Brien ,  Eric Burbank

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/282

Abstract: A robot that includes a cleaning head including a first cleaning roller comprising a first sheath comprising a first shell and a first plurality of vanes extending along the first shell and extending radially outward from the first shell, the first shell tapering from end portions of the first sheath toward a center of the first cleaning roller, and the first plurality of vanes having a uniform height relative to a first axis of rotation of the first cleaning roller; and a second cleaning roller comprising a second sheath comprising a second shell and a second plurality of vanes extending along the second shell and extending radially outward from the second shell, the second shell being cylindrical along an entire length of the second cleaning roller, and the second plurality of vanes having a uniform height relative to a second axis of rotation of the second cleaning roller.

公开(公告)号：US20180014709A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15647677

申请日：2017-07-12

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： John P. O'Brien ,  Vazgen Karapetyan ,  William Morris

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.

公开(公告)号：US09656704B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14280123

申请日：2014-05-16

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Adam P. Couture ,  Richard Page ,  John P. O'Brien ,  Mikhail Filippov ,  Andrew Shein

IPC: B62D55/075 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B62D55/065 ,  B62D57/024 ,  B25J11/00

CPC classification number: B62D55/075 ,  B25J5/005 ,  B25J11/0025 ,  B62D55/065 ,  B62D57/024 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: A robotic vehicle (10,100,150A,150B150C,160,1000,1000A,1000B,1000C) includes a chassis (20,106,152,162) having front and rear ends (20A,152A,20B,152B) and supported on right and left driven tracks (34,44,108,165). Right and left elongated flippers (50,60,102,154,164) are disposed on corresponding sides of the chassis and operable to pivot. A linkage (70,156,166) connects a payload deck assembly (D1,D2,D3,80,158,168,806), configured to support a removable functional payload, to the chassis. The linkage has a first end (70A) rotatably connected to the chassis at a first pivot (71), and a second end (70B) rotatably connected to the deck at a second pivot (73). Both of the first and second pivots include independently controllable pivot drivers (72,74) operable to rotatably position their corresponding pivots (71,73) to control both fore-aft position and pitch orientation of the payload deck (D1,D2,D3,80,158,168,806) with respect to the chassis (20,106,152,162).