Robotic platform with teach-repeat mode

US10328573B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Discovery Robotics · US

Inventors

• Larry Williams · Los Angeles, US
• Vivek Rajendran · San Diego, US
• Dharmateja Kadem · Pittsburgh, US
• Jeffrey Blum · Pittsburgh, US
• Manomit Bal · Pittsburgh, US
• Britta Kathleen Ulm · Pittsburgh, US
• Hardik Shah · Pittsburgh, US
• Ishit Shah · Pittsburgh, US
• David Callen · Pittsburgh, US
• Sujith Vijaya Kumar · Pittsburgh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D2111/10
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and system for a robotic device comprising a propulsion mechanism, an orientation sensor, a stored digital map of a service area, a sensor for sensing objects, a navigation and orientation system, and a processing facility comprising a processor and a memory, the processing facility causing the robotic device to determine and store a pose position of the robotic device at a plurality of sequential locations as the robotic device is guided by a user along a path from a start location to an end location through the service area, and as commanded by the user and utilizing the navigation and orientation system, re-trace the path from the start location to the end location replicating the stored pose position of the robotic device at the plurality of sequential locations.