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Modular robot

US8584305B2 · kind B2 · utility

72Cited by

684References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

iRobot Corporation · US

Inventors

Chikyung Won · Tewksbury, US
Selma Svendsen · Melrose, US
Paul E. Sandin · Brookline, US
Scott Thomas Burnett · Windham, US
Deepak Ramesh Kapoor · Cupertino, US
Stephen A. Hickey · Somerville, US
Robert Rizzari · Billerica, US
Zivthan A. Dubrovsky · Lexington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2006
Grant date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/50
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A coverage robot including a chassis, multiple drive wheel assemblies disposed on the chassis, and a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis. Each drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly housing, a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing, and a wheel drive motor carried by the drive wheel assembly housing and operable to drive the wheel. The cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing, a cleaning head rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing, and a cleaning drive motor carried by cleaning assembly housing and operable to drive the cleaning head. The wheel assemblies and the cleaning assembly are each separately and independently removable from respective receptacles of the chassis as complete units.

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