Wall following robot

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9877630
APP PUB NO 20160299503A1
SERIAL NO

14946500

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An example robot includes a body that is movable relative to a surface, a bumper mounted on the body to enable movement of the bumper relative to the body, a sensor to produce a signal in response to the movement of the bumper relative to the body caused by contact between the bumper and the surface, and a controller to control movement of the body to cause the body to track the surface based on a value. The bumper is movable between an uncompressed position relative to the body and a compressed position relative to the body. The signal varies linearly with the movement of the bumper relative to the body. The value is based on the signal and indicates that the bumper in a partially compressed position has a compression range between the uncompressed position and the compressed position.

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  • IROBOT CORPORATION

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lu, Ping-Hong Newton, US 20 223
Wolfe, Brian Somerville, US 11 361

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