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Apparatus, systems, and methods for detecting projectile hits on a surface

  • US 9,586,138 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2015
  • Issued: 03/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a robot game, said method comprising:

  • providing a plurality of robots capable of moving from one location to another, each robot comprising two or more sensing apparatus capable of detecting when the robot is hit by an external projectile based on an acceleration of a part of the robot, wherein information generated by each of the two or more sensing apparatus is considered in at least one of (1) determining a characteristic or occurrence of a projectile hit event, or (2) differentiating between projectile hits and other detected events, wherein the projectile hit event is determined to occur when each of the two or more sensing apparatus registers an acceleration higher than a first acceleration, wherein the first acceleration is lower than a second acceleration required for determining occurrence of the projectile hit event by a single sensing apparatus; and

    detecting signals, from the plurality of robots, generated in response to information from the two or more sensing apparatus, and using said signals to keep track of relative virtual status between the plurality of robots.

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