Robot system
First Claim
1. A robot system including a beacon with a transmitting part to transmit light to determine location, a mobile robot with a receiving part to receive the light, the beacon comprising:
- a rotation driving part to rotate the transmitting part; and
an encoder to add phase information regarding rotation of the transmitting part to the light, and the mobile robot comprising;
a location determiner to determine a location of the mobile robot based on the phase information of the light received by the receiving part.
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Abstract
A robot system including a beacon provided with a transmitting part to transmit a light for location determination, and a mobile robot provided with a receiving part to receive the light. The robot system further includes a rotation driving part to rotate the transmitting part about a predetermined axis; an encoder to add phase information regarding how much the transmitting part is rotated by the rotation driving part with respect to a reference direction to the light; and a location determiner to determine a location of the mobile robot based on the phase information of the light received by the receiving part. Accordingly, a robot system is provided, which can precisely determine a location of a mobile robot regardless of external environmental conditions, distance, and reduction of cost by using a few transmitters.
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23 Claims
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1. A robot system including a beacon with a transmitting part to transmit light to determine location, a mobile robot with a receiving part to receive the light,
the beacon comprising: -
a rotation driving part to rotate the transmitting part; and
an encoder to add phase information regarding rotation of the transmitting part to the light, and the mobile robot comprising;
a location determiner to determine a location of the mobile robot based on the phase information of the light received by the receiving part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A robot system including a mobile robot, comprising:
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a plurality of beacons;
at least one transmitter provided to the beacon to transmit light to determine location of the mobile robot;
at least one receiver provided to the mobile robot to receive the light transmitted via the at least one transmitter;
a rotation driving part to rotating the at least one transmitter;
an encoder to add phase information regarding rotation of the at least one transmitter with respect to a reference direction to the light; and
a location determiner to determine a location of the mobile robot based on the phase information of the light received by the at least one receiver. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A beacon to generate light to determine location of a mobile robot, comprising:
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a transmitting part to transmit the light to determine the location;
a rotation driving part to rotate the transmitting part; and
an encoder to add phase information regarding rotation of the transmitting part. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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