Patent №
US 11,072,250
Granted
2021-07-27
Filed 2017
Owner
IROBOT CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
15841739
An autonomous coverage robot detection system includes an emitter configured to emit a directed beam, a detector configured to detect the directed beam and a controller configured to direct the robot in response to a signal detected by the detector. In some examples, the detection system detects a stasis condition of the robot. In some examples, the detection system detects a wall and can follow the wall in response to the detected signal.
AI classification
Ownership
IROBOT CORPORATION
assignment · 452980279
Assignors
GILBERT, DUANE L., WILLIAMS, MARCUS, OKERHOLM, ANDREA M., KRISTANT, ELAINE H., LONGO, SHEILA A., KEE, DANIEL E., STRAUSS, MARC D.
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