Guided travel mode with dynamic force feedback for mobile robots
US12330313B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62B1/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A mobile robot includes: a chassis supporting a locomotive assembly; a sensor; a processor configured, in a guided travel mode, to: detect an external force applied to the chassis in a first direction; control the sensor to capture sensor data corresponding to a physical environment of the mobile robot; detect, based on the sensor data, an operational constraint in the physical environment; determine, based on the detected operational constraint, a feedback force in a second direction opposite the first direction; and controlling the locomotive assembly according to the feedback force.
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