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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE ROBOT

  • US 20090030551A1
  • Filed: 10/09/2007
  • Published: 01/29/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a mobile robot, the method comprising:

  • collecting range data of one or more objects in an environment around the robot;

    identifying uniquely identifiable ones of the objects as navigation landmarks;

    storing a reference map of the navigation landmarks based on the collected range data;

    establishing a list or sequence of way points for the robot to visit, each way point defined with reference to one or more landmarks;

    reading a message on a tag posted at or near one or more way points; and

    managing a task based on the read message.

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