公开(公告)号：US11014460B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16120903

申请日：2018-09-04

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Mark Steven Schnittman ,  Zivthan A. Dubrovsky ,  Jeffrey W. Mammen ,  Aaron Solochek

IPC: A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/40 ,  B60L53/14 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  B60L15/20 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L11/34 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60L50/52 ,  A47L11/30 ,  A47L11/12 ,  A47L11/20 ,  A47L11/292 ,  A47L11/14 ,  A47L11/16

Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis having forward and rearward portions and a drive system carried by the chassis. The forward portion of the chassis defines a substantially rectangular shape. The robot includes a cleaning assembly mounted on the forward portion of the chassis and a bin disposed adjacent the cleaning assembly and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. A bin cover is pivotally attached to a lower portion of the chassis and configured to rotate between a first, closed position providing closure of an opening defined by the bin and a second, open position providing access to the bin opening. The robot includes a body attached to the chassis and a handle disposed on an upper portion of the body. A bin cover release is actuatable from substantially near the handle.

公开(公告)号：US20200163518A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16774849

申请日：2020-01-28

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 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L11/33 ,  A47L11/24

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.

公开(公告)号：US10244915B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US13892453

申请日：2013-05-13

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Mark Steven Schnittman ,  Daniel N. Ozick ,  Gregg W. Landry

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L11/33 ,  A47L11/24

Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning assembly housing and at least one driven sweeper brush. The robot includes a controller and a removable sweeper bin configured to receive debris agitated by the driven sweeper brush. The sweeper bin includes an emitter disposed on an interior surface of the bin and a receiver disposed remotely from the emitter on the interior surface of the bin and configured to receive an emitter signal. The emitter and the receiver are disposed such that a threshold level of accumulation of debris in the sweeper bin blocks the receiver from receiving emitter emissions. The robot includes a bin controller disposed in the sweeper bin and monitoring a detector signal and initiating a bin full routine upon determining a bin debris accumulation level requiring service.

公开(公告)号：US20190072963A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16180176

申请日：2018-11-05

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Mark Steven Schnittman

IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract: A method of navigating an autonomous coverage robot on a floor includes controlling movement of the robot across the floor in a cleaning mode, receiving a sensor signal indicative of an obstacle, rotating the robot away from the sensed obstacle, determining a change in the received sensor signal during at least a portion of the rotation of the robot away from the sensed obstacle, and identifying the sensed obstacle based at least in part on the determined change in the received sensor signal.

公开(公告)号：US10070764B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US15331965

申请日：2016-10-24

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Mark Steven Schnittman ,  Zivthan A. Dubrovsky ,  Jeffrey W. Mammen ,  Aaron Solochek

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60L15/20 ,  A47L11/30 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L11/4025 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L11/125 ,  A47L11/145 ,  A47L11/161 ,  A47L11/201 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/292 ,  A47L11/30 ,  A47L11/302 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4044 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4066 ,  A47L11/408 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  B60L15/2036 ,  B60L50/52 ,  B60L53/14 ,  B60L58/12 ,  B60L2200/40 ,  B60L2220/44 ,  B60L2240/12 ,  B60L2240/421 ,  B60L2240/423 ,  B60L2250/16 ,  B60L2260/32 ,  B60L2270/145 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0227 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  Y02P90/60 ,  Y02T10/645 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/7044 ,  Y02T10/705 ,  Y02T10/7072 ,  Y02T10/72 ,  Y02T10/7275 ,  Y02T90/14 ,  Y02T90/16

Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis having forward and rearward portions and a drive system carried by the chassis. The forward portion of the chassis defines a substantially rectangular shape. The robot includes a cleaning assembly mounted on the forward portion of the chassis and a bin disposed adjacent the cleaning assembly and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. A bin cover is pivotally attached to a lower portion of the chassis and configured to rotate between a first, closed position providing closure of an opening defined by the bin and a second, open position providing access to the bin opening. The robot includes a body attached to the chassis and a handle disposed on an upper portion of the body. A bin cover release is actuatable from substantially near the handle.

公开(公告)号：US20130117952A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-16

申请号：US13719784

申请日：2012-12-19

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Mark Steven Schnittman ,  Zivthan A. Dubrovsky ,  Jeffrey W. Mammen ,  Aaron Solochek

IPC: A47L11/40

CPC classification number: A47L11/4025 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/302 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4066 ,  A47L11/408 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  B60L11/1805 ,  B60L11/1816 ,  B60L11/1861 ,  B60L15/2036 ,  B60L2200/40 ,  B60L2220/44 ,  B60L2240/12 ,  B60L2240/421 ,  B60L2240/423 ,  B60L2250/16 ,  B60L2260/32 ,  B60L2270/145 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0227 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  Y02P90/60 ,  Y02T10/645 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/7044 ,  Y02T10/705 ,  Y02T10/7072 ,  Y02T10/72 ,  Y02T10/7275 ,  Y02T90/14 ,  Y02T90/16

Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis having forward and rearward portions and a drive system carried by the chassis. The forward portion of the chassis defines a substantially rectangular shape. The robot includes a cleaning assembly mounted on the forward portion of the chassis and a bin disposed adjacent the cleaning assembly and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. A bin cover is pivotally attached to a lower portion of the chassis and configured to rotate between a first, closed position providing closure of an opening defined by the bin and a second, open position providing access to the bin opening. The robot includes a body attached to the chassis and a handle disposed on an upper portion of the body. A bin cover release is actuatable from substantially near the handle.