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Companion robot for personal interaction

US7720572B2 · kind B2 · utility

140Cited by

5References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

iRobot Corporation · US

Inventors

Andrew Ziegler · Arlington, US
Andrew Jones · Brookline, US
Clara Vu · Cambridge, US
Matthew Cross · Mason, US
Ken Sinclair · Newton, US
Tony L. Campbell · Pepperell, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 2006
Grant date	May 18, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 12, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/47
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A robot system includes a base station and a robot. The base station includes a wireless transceiver configured to communicate TCP/IP transmissions over a local wireless protocol, a wired Ethernet connector for communicating TCP/IP transmissions over a local wired Ethernet accessing the Internet, and an access point circuit for transferring TCP/IP transmissions between the local wired Ethernet and local wireless protocol. The access point circuit is limited to a predetermined IP address locked to the robot, a predetermined shell level encryption locked to the robot, and predetermined ports to the Internet open only to the robot. The robot includes a wireless transceiver configured to communicate TCP/IP transmissions over a local wireless protocol and a client circuit for transferring TCP/IP transmissions over the local wireless protocol.

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