公开(公告)号：US20220022714A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US17467649

申请日：2021-09-07

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Travis James Gschrey ,  Eric Burbank ,  Oliver Lewis ,  Milan Modh ,  Sophia Wennstedt

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R33/74

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, an autonomous cleaning robot including a body, a drive operable to move the body across a floor surface, and a circuit board mounted below an upper surface of the body of the autonomous cleaning robot. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes one or more electrical contacts, a base of each electrical contact being mounted on the circuit board and a contact tip of each electrical contact being configured to protrude through a corresponding opening in the upper surface, wherein each electrical contact comprises a double curved structure to allow the electrical contact to be vertically flexible. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes a hinged lid including one or more contact pads, the one or more contact pads being configured to contact corresponding electrical contacts protruding through the upper surface as the lid is opened or closed.

公开(公告)号：USD1062599S1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US29809265

申请日：2021-09-27

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Designer： Eric Burbank ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Milan Modh

公开(公告)号：US20200070355A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16121048

申请日：2018-09-04

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Rogelio Manfred Neumann ,  Landon Unninayar ,  Fangzheng Guo ,  Qingtai Zhai ,  John P. O'Brien ,  Benjamin H. Schriesheim ,  Travis Gschrey ,  Milan Modh

IPC: B25J13/08 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J11/00

Abstract: A mobile robot includes a recessed well in a top surface of the mobile robot, at least one capacitive sensor underlying the recessed well and having a first region and a second region, one or more mobility sensors, and a controller coupled to the at least one capacitive sensor and the one or more mobility sensors. The controller is configured to determine an operating status of the mobile robot responsive to output signals from the one or more mobility sensors, and selectively disregard an input at a first portion of the recessed well corresponding to the first region of the at least one capacitive sensor based on the operating status of the mobile robot.

公开(公告)号：US11737631B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17467649

申请日：2021-09-07

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Travis James Gschrey ,  Eric Burbank ,  Oliver Lewis ,  Milan Modh ,  Sophia Wennstedt

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R33/74 ,  H01R13/03

CPC classification number: A47L11/4002 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  H01R13/2428 ,  H01R13/2464 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R33/74 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  H01R13/03

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, method of controlling an autonomous cleaning robot, the method comprising: navigating the autonomous cleaning robot to a docking station; sensing that the autonomous cleaning robot is navigating to the docking station; increasing a vacuum power of a vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot to reduce an amount of debris from an airflow channel proximate to an inlet of a cleaning bin disposed in the autonomous cleaning robot; and then decreasing the vacuum power of the vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot.

公开(公告)号：US11122951B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16236694

申请日：2018-12-31

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Travis James Gschrey ,  Eric Burbank ,  Oliver Lewis ,  Milan Modh ,  Sophia Wennstedt

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R33/74 ,  H01R13/03

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, an autonomous cleaning robot including a body, a drive operable to move the body across a floor surface, and a circuit board mounted below an upper surface of the body of the autonomous cleaning robot. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes one or more electrical contacts, a base of each electrical contact being mounted on the circuit board and a contact tip of each electrical contact being configured to protrude through a corresponding opening in the upper surface, wherein each electrical contact comprises a double curved structure to allow the electrical contact to be vertically flexible. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes a hinged lid including one or more contact pads, the one or more contact pads being configured to contact corresponding electrical contacts protruding through the upper surface as the lid is opened or closed.

公开(公告)号：USD931797S1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US29692909

申请日：2019-05-29

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Designer： Eric Burbank ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Milan Modh

公开(公告)号：US20200205632A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16236694

申请日：2018-12-31

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Travis James Gschrey ,  Eric Burbank ,  Oliver Lewis ,  Milan Modh ,  Sophia Wennstedt

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  H01R33/74 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/502

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, an autonomous cleaning robot including a body, a drive operable to move the body across a floor surface, and a circuit board mounted below an upper surface of the body of the autonomous cleaning robot. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes one or more electrical contacts, a base of each electrical contact being mounted on the circuit board and a contact tip of each electrical contact being configured to protrude through a corresponding opening in the upper surface, wherein each electrical contact comprises a double curved structure to allow the electrical contact to be vertically flexible. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes a hinged lid including one or more contact pads, the one or more contact pads being configured to contact corresponding electrical contacts protruding through the upper surface as the lid is opened or closed.

公开(公告)号：US20250082160A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18891103

申请日：2024-09-20

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Cheuk Wah Wong ,  John P. O'Brien ,  Milan Modh

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/244 ,  G05D1/661

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for docking a mobile robot to a dock using distinct visual fiducial markers on the dock are disclosed. A mobile robot system is provided that includes a dock and a mobile cleaning robot. The dock includes a first fiducial marker in a first plane on the dock and second one or more fiducial markers in a second plane different from the first plane. The mobile cleaning robot includes a visual system to detect the first and the second one or more fiducial markers, and a controller circuit to recognize the dock, and to determine a pose or heading direction of the mobile cleaning robot based on the detected first and the second one or more fiducial markers. The mobile drive system can adjust its heading direction, and drive to the dock according to the adjusted heading direction.

公开(公告)号：US12096909B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US17363107

申请日：2021-06-30

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Cheuk Wah Wong ,  John P. O'Brien ,  Milan Modh

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0244 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for docking a mobile robot to a dock using distinct visual fiducial markers on the dock are disclosed. A mobile robot system is provided that includes a dock and a mobile cleaning robot. The dock includes a first fiducial marker in a first plane on the dock and second one or more fiducial markers in a second plane different from the first plane. The mobile cleaning robot includes a visual system to detect the first and the second one or more fiducial markers, and a controller circuit to recognize the dock, and to determine a pose or heading direction of the mobile cleaning robot based on the detected first and the second one or more fiducial markers. The mobile drive system can adjust its heading direction, and drive to the dock according to the adjusted heading direction.

公开(公告)号：US10744650B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-18

申请号：US16121048

申请日：2018-09-04

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Rogelio Manfred Neumann ,  Landon Unninayar ,  Fangzheng Guo ,  Qingtai Zhai ,  John P. O'Brien ,  Benjamin H. Schriesheim ,  Travis Gschrey ,  Milan Modh

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J9/00

Abstract: A mobile robot includes a recessed well in a top surface of the mobile robot, at least one capacitive sensor underlying the recessed well and having a first region and a second region, one or more mobility sensors, and a controller coupled to the at least one capacitive sensor and the one or more mobility sensors. The controller is configured to determine an operating status of the mobile robot responsive to output signals from the one or more mobility sensors, and selectively disregard an input at a first portion of the recessed well corresponding to the first region of the at least one capacitive sensor based on the operating status of the mobile robot.