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Citation
Rigelsford, J. (2003), "Autonomous robot system", Industrial Robot, Vol. 30 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2003.04930bad.008
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
Autonomous robot system
Autonomous robot system
Keywords: Robots, Patents
Applicant: B.A. Wallach (US); D.L. Gollaher (US);H.A. Koselka (US)Patent number: US2002095239Publication date: 18 July 2002Title: Autonomous Multi-Platform Robot System
This patent presents a mobile robot system and method for allocating mapping, localization, planning, control and task performance functions in an autonomous multi-platform robot environment.
The system comprises of at least one autonomous navigator robot and one or more functional robots that perform pre-determined tasks. The navigator robot uses the functional robots as landmarks and performs almost all calculations for mapping, localization, planning and control for both itself and the functional robots. The functional robot performs the task to be undertaken.
In one implementation where the system is used for cleaning the interior of a house or office, the functional robots perform the tasks of vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, cleaning, etc. and are coordinated by the navigator robot.