Patent №
US 8,874,264
Granted
2014-10-28
Filed 2011
Owner
IROBOT CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13299982
A navigational control system for an autonomous robot includes a transmitter subsystem having a stationary emitter for emitting at least one signal. An autonomous robot operating within a working area utilizes a receiving subsystem to detect the emitted signal. The receiver subsystem has a receiver for detecting the emitted signal emitted by the emitter and a processor for determining a relative location of the robot within the working area upon the receiver detecting the signal.
AI classification
Ownership
IROBOT CORPORATION
assignment · 275270436
Assignors
CHIAPPETTA, MARK J., FRANKEL, JAMES PAUL
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.