Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090037024 | Robot Operator Control Unit Configuration System and Method - A unified framework is provided for building common functionality into diverse operator control units. A set of tools is provided for creating controller configurations for varied robot types. Preferred controllers do one or more the following: allow uploading of configuration files from a target robot, adhere to common user interface styles and standards, share common functionality, allow extendibility for unique functionality, provide flexibility for rapid prototype design, and allow dynamic communication protocol switching. Configuration files may be uploaded from robots to configure their operator control units. The files may include scene graph control definitions; instrument graphics; control protocols; or mappings of control functions to scene graphics or control inputs. | 02-05-2009 |
20090265036 | ROBOT OPERATOR CONTROL UNIT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A unified framework is provided for building common functionality into diverse operator control units. A set of tools is provided for creating controller configurations for varied robot types. Preferred controllers do one or more the following: allow uploading of configuration files from a target robot, adhere to common user interface styles and standards, share common functionality, allow extendibility for unique functionality, provide flexibility for rapid prototype design, and allow dynamic communication protocol switching. Configuration files may be uploaded from robots to configure their operator control units. The files may include scene graph control definitions; instrument graphics; control protocols; or mappings of control functions to scene graphics or control inputs. | 10-22-2009 |
20090314554 | ROBOTIC VEHICLE - A mobile robot includes a chassis defining at least one chassis volume and first and second sets of right and left driven flippers associated with the chassis. Each flipper has a drive wheel and defines a flipper volume adjacent to the drive wheel. The first set of flippers is disposed between the second set of flippers and the chassis. Motive power elements are distributed among the chassis volume and the flipper volumes. The motive power elements include a battery assembly, a main drive motor assembly, and a load shifting motor assembly. | 12-24-2009 |
20100263948 | ROBOTIC VEHICLE - A robotic vehicle ( | 10-21-2010 |
20110106339 | Autonomous Behaviors for a Remote Vehicle - A method for enhancing operational efficiency of a remote vehicle using a diagnostic behavior. The method comprises inputting and analyzing data received from a plurality of sensors to determine the existence of deviations from normal operation of the remote vehicle, updating parameters in a reference mobility model based on deviations from normal operation, and revising strategies to achieve an operational goal of the remote vehicle to accommodate deviations from normal operation. An embedded simulation and training system for a remote vehicle. The system comprises a software architecture installed on the operator control unit and including software routines and drivers capable of carrying out mission simulations and training. | 05-05-2011 |
20110190933 | Robotic Vehicle - A mobile robot that includes a chassis, a drive system disposed on the chassis and configured to maneuver the robot over a work surface, a deck system, and a control system connected to the drive system and the deck system. The deck system includes a payload deck configured to receive a removable payload and a deck shifter configured to move the payload deck relative to the chassis. The control system includes a control arbitration system and a behavior system in communication with each other. The behavior system executes a behavior that evaluates and provides an outcome evaluation on a predicted outcome of a robot command. The control arbitration system selects and executes a robot command based at least in part on the outcome evaluation. | 08-04-2011 |
20120101661 | AUTONOMOUS BEHAVIORS FOR A REMOTE VEHICLE - A method for enhancing operational efficiency of a remote vehicle using a diagnostic behavior. The method comprises inputting and analyzing data received from a plurality of sensors to determine the existence of deviations from normal operation of the remote vehicle, updating parameters in a reference mobility model based on deviations from normal operation, and revising strategies to achieve an operational goal of the remote vehicle to accommodate deviations from normal operation. An embedded simulation and training system for a remote vehicle. The system comprises a software architecture installed on the operator control unit and including software routines and drivers capable of carrying out mission simulations and training. | 04-26-2012 |
20120249774 | IMAGING BASED STABILIZATION - An image-based sensor system for a mobile unit makes use of light emitters and imagers to acquire illumination patterns of emitted light impinging on the floor and/or walls surrounding the unit. The illumination pattern is used to estimate location and/or orientation of the unit. These estimates are used for one or more functions of stabilization, calibration, localization, and mapping of or with respect to the unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20130105233 | ROBOTIC VEHICLE | 05-02-2013 |
20130204465 | Autonomous Behaviors For A Remote Vehicle - A method of operating a remote vehicle configured to communicate with an operator control unit (OCU) includes executing a click-to-drive behavior, a cruise control behavior, and a retro-traverse behavior on a computing processor. The click-to-drive behavior includes receiving a picture or a video feed and determining a drive destination in the received picture or video feed. The cruise control behavior includes receiving an absolute heading and velocity commands from the OCU and computing a drive heading and a drive velocity. The a retro-traverse behavior includes generating a return path interconnecting at least two previously-traversed waypoints of a list of time-stamped waypoints, and executing a retro-traverse of the return path by navigating the remote vehicle successively to previous time-stamped waypoints in the waypoints list until a control signal is received from the operator control unit. | 08-08-2013 |