公开(公告)号：US20200180142A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16216386

申请日：2018-12-11

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Patrick Chow ,  Irene Lee ,  Kenneth Holm, JR. ,  Frederic D. Hook ,  Patrick Petrossian ,  Fred Alibozek

IPC: B25J9/00 ,  B25J18/06 ,  B25J18/04 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot includes a flexible member including a polymer layer extending along an entire length of the flexible member, and an end portion vertically movable away from a body of the robot. A first portion of a fastening mechanism extends along a first lateral edge of the polymer layer and a second portion of the fastening mechanism extends along a second lateral edge of the polymer layer. The first portion of the fastening mechanism is attached to the second portion of the fastening mechanism and forms a conduit to support the image capture device. The conduit includes an inner surface and an outer surface, and the outer surface of the conduit is at least partially defined by the polymer layer. An image capture device is mounted to an end portion of the flexible member.

公开(公告)号：US20200183413A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16707840

申请日：2019-12-09

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Frederic D. Hook ,  Nikolai Romanov ,  Matthew Mercaldo ,  Peter Teulings ,  Kenneth Holm, JR. ,  Juan Oxoby

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot includes a drive system to maneuver the autonomous mobile robot about an environment, a first magnetic field antenna system responsive to a magnetic field pulse to generate a first signal, and a second magnetic field antenna system responsive to the magnetic field pulse to generate a second signal. The magnetic field pulse is emitted by a magnetic field emitter system in the environment. The autonomous mobile robot further includes a controller to execute instructions to perform operations including reorienting the autonomous mobile robot based on the first signal and the second signal.