Robot system
First Claim
1. A robot system comprising:
- at least one peripheral device to be placed in an environment and comprising;
a power supply;
a wireless communication component; and
a controller having an active mode in which the peripheral device is fully operative, and a hibernation mode in which the peripheral device is at least partly inactive, the wireless communication component being capable of activation in the hibernation mode; and
a mobile robot comprising;
a drive system that moves the robot about the environment, a wireless communication component; and
a controller having an activating routine that communicates with the peripheral device via the wireless communication components and temporarily activates the peripheral device from the hibernation mode when the wireless communication components of the peripheral device and the robot come within range of one another.
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Abstract
A power-saving robot system includes at least one peripheral device and a mobile robot. The peripheral device includes a controller having an active mode and a hibernation mode, and a wireless communication component capable of activation in the hibernation mode. A controller of the robot has an activating routine that communicates with and temporarily activates the peripheral device, via wireless communication, from the hibernation mode. In another aspect, a robot system includes a network data bridge and a mobile robot. The network data bridge includes a broadband network interface, a wireless command interface, and a data bridge component. The data bridge component extracts serial commands received via the broadband network interface from an internet protocol, applies a command protocol thereto, and broadcasts the serial commands via the wireless interface. The mobile robot includes a wireless command communication component that receives the serial commands transmitted from the network data bridge.
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28 Claims
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1. A robot system comprising:
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at least one peripheral device to be placed in an environment and comprising;
a power supply;
a wireless communication component; and
a controller having an active mode in which the peripheral device is fully operative, and a hibernation mode in which the peripheral device is at least partly inactive, the wireless communication component being capable of activation in the hibernation mode; and
a mobile robot comprising;
a drive system that moves the robot about the environment, a wireless communication component; and
a controller having an activating routine that communicates with the peripheral device via the wireless communication components and temporarily activates the peripheral device from the hibernation mode when the wireless communication components of the peripheral device and the robot come within range of one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A robot system comprising:
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a network data bridge comprising;
a broadband network interface connectible to an internet protocol network and carrying communications transferred in compliance with an internet protocol;
a wireless command interface connectible to a wireless command protocol network and carrying communications transferred under a command protocol; and
a data bridge component, the data bridge component extracting serial commands received via the broadband network interface from the internet protocol and applying the command protocol thereto, the data bridge component broadcasting the serial commands via the wireless command interface; and
a mobile robot comprising;
a drive system that moves the robot about an environment; and
a wireless command communication component that receives the serial commands transmitted from the network data bridge. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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