Sensors for robotic devices
First Claim
1. A robotic device having a body having an upper surface resiliently connected to a lower surface and having a bump sensor including a contact point on the lower surface which contact point is in its normal position centrally located within a sensor device being an aperture having a conducting inner periphery which sensor device is located in the upper surface such that a bump on the upper surface is detected by the robotic device when the contact point abuts the aperture periphery.
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Abstract
A robotic device having a body having an upper surface resiliently connected to a lower surface and having a bump sensor including a contact point on the lower surface which contact point is in its normal position centrally located within a sensor device being an aperture having a conducting inner periphery which sensor device is located in the upper surface such that a bump on the upper surface is detected by the robotic device when the contact point abuts the aperture periphery. The robotic device also includes a drop sensor for use in association with a lower surface of a robotic device said lower surface having a periphery around which a plurality of such drop sensors are located, each drop sensor including a body having moveably located therein a vertically oriented member such that when any such member becomes positioned over a drop in terrain the vertically oriented member will drop down and trigger the production of a signal which is sensed by the robotic device.
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- 1. A robotic device having a body having an upper surface resiliently connected to a lower surface and having a bump sensor including a contact point on the lower surface which contact point is in its normal position centrally located within a sensor device being an aperture having a conducting inner periphery which sensor device is located in the upper surface such that a bump on the upper surface is detected by the robotic device when the contact point abuts the aperture periphery.
- 9. A robotic device having a drop sensor for use in association with a lower surface of a robotic device said lower surface having a periphery around which a plurality of such drop sensors are located, each drop sensor including a body having moveably located therein a vertically oriented member such that when any such member becomes positioned over a drop in terrain the vertically oriented member will drop down and trigger the production of a signal which is sensed by the robotic device.
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