Patent · US Expired

Cooperating mobile robots

US6687571B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 2001
Grant dateFeb 3, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0278
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A miniature mobile robot provides a relatively inexpensive mobile robot. A mobile robot for searching an area provides a way for multiple mobile robots in cooperating teams. A robotic system with a team of mobile robots communicating information among each other provides a way to locate a source in cooperation. A mobile robot with a sensor, a communication system, and a processor, provides a way to execute a strategy for searching an area.

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