公开(公告)号：US09346426B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-24

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

IPC: B60R19/02 ,  B60R19/48 ,  B25J19/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  A47L11/40

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.