Mobile robot
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1. A mobile robot comprising:
- a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and two or more light sources each arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and
a control system configured for processing images captured by the camera to detect high contrast features within the images and to use detected high contrast features to triangulate the mobile robot within an environment,wherein the two or more light sources are arranged to illuminate separate areas surrounding the robot corresponding to different sections of an image captured by the camera, and the level of illumination provided by each of the light sources is independently adjustable, andwherein the level of illumination provided by each one of the two or more light sources is independently adjustable in response to a quantity of high contrast features detected by the control system within the images captured by the camera.
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A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and two or more light sources each arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; wherein the two or more light sources are arranged to illuminate separate areas surrounding the robot corresponding to different sections of an image captured by the camera, and the level of illumination provided by each of the light sources is independently adjustable.
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1. A mobile robot comprising:
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a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and two or more light sources each arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system configured for processing images captured by the camera to detect high contrast features within the images and to use detected high contrast features to triangulate the mobile robot within an environment, wherein the two or more light sources are arranged to illuminate separate areas surrounding the robot corresponding to different sections of an image captured by the camera, and the level of illumination provided by each of the light sources is independently adjustable, and wherein the level of illumination provided by each one of the two or more light sources is independently adjustable in response to a quantity of high contrast features detected by the control system within the images captured by the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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