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Companion robot for personal interaction

  • US 9,452,525 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2013
  • Issued: 09/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A robot system, comprising:

  • a base station; and

    an autonomous mobile robot;

    wherein the base station comprises;

    a wireless transceiver configured to communicate transmissions with each of a plurality of autonomous mobile robots; and

    an access point circuit for transferring transmissions between the Internet and the wireless transceiver, the access point circuit configured to authenticate each of the robots using stored base station security information and corresponding stored robot security information for each of the autonomous mobile robots;

    wherein the robot comprises;

    a drive connected to a processor to autonomously navigate the robot about an environment;

    a wireless transceiver configured to communicate transmissions with the base station; and

    a client circuit for transferring transmissions from the robot to the base station, the client circuit linked to the base station by stored robot security information corresponding to the stored base station security information, the client circuit configured so that, upon activation, the client circuit can authenticate to the base station using the stored robot security information.

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