Autonomous Robot Localization
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Abstract
A location estimation system for use with an autonomous lawn mowing robot, comprises a plurality of synthetic surfaces positioned with respect to a mowable space in an environment, a radiation source coupled to the lawn mowing robot, a detector coupled to the lawn mowing robot and configured to detect radiation reflected by objects in the environment, and a controller configured to controllably direct radiation from the radiation source to scan the environment, and to vary at least one of an output power of the directed radiation and a scan rate of the directed radiation, as a function of detected radiation reflected from one or more of the synthetic surfaces.
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39 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. A method of estimating a location of a lawn mowing robot in an environment, the method comprising:
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positioning a plurality of synthetic surfaces at known locations with respect to a mowable space in the environment; and placing a lawn mowing robot in the environment, the lawn mowing robot comprising; a radiation source coupled to the lawn mowing robot; a detector coupled to the lawn mowing robot and configured to detect radiation reflected by objects in the environment; and a controller configured to controllably direct radiation from the radiation source to scan the environment, and to vary at least one of an output power of the directed radiation and a scan rate of the directed radiation as a function of detected radiation reflected from one or more of the synthetic surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of estimating a location of a lawn mowing robot in an environment, the method comprising:
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positioning a plurality of synthetic surfaces at known locations with respect to a mowable space in the environment; scanning a radiation source coupled to a lawn mowing robot present in the environment; receiving radiation, by one or more detectors of the lawn mowing robot, reflected by objects in the environment; and varying an output power of the directed radiation as a function of the radiation reflected from one or more of the synthetic surfaces; varying a scan rate of the directed radiation, as a function of detected radiation reflected from one or more of the synthetic surfaces; and estimating a location of the lawn mowing robot. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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