Systems, devices, and methods including a wheelchair-assist robot
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1. A mobile wheelchair-assist robot system, comprising:
- a wheelchair-assist robot; and
a wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly constructed and arranged to be mounted onto a wheelchair, the wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly having a powered device mechanism having a portion that engages the mobile wheelchair-assist robot and causes the mobile wheelchair-assist robot to physically secure against a portion of a wheelchair in response to one or more inputs from a client device associated with the wheelchair, the wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly including a wheelchair-assist robot interface configured to communicably couple movements of the wheelchair-assist robot to the wheelchair from a first position remote and uncoupled from the wheelchair to a second position secured against and coupled to the wheelchair.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a wheelchair-assist robot for assisting a wheelchair user with everyday tasks or activities at work, at home, and the like. In an embodiment, the mobile wheelchair-assist robot includes a wheelchair interface component configured to exchange control information with a wheelchair controller. In an embodiment, a wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly is provided for, among other things, electrically and physically coupling a wheelchair-assist robot to an associated wheelchair.
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1. A mobile wheelchair-assist robot system, comprising:
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a wheelchair-assist robot; and a wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly constructed and arranged to be mounted onto a wheelchair, the wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly having a powered device mechanism having a portion that engages the mobile wheelchair-assist robot and causes the mobile wheelchair-assist robot to physically secure against a portion of a wheelchair in response to one or more inputs from a client device associated with the wheelchair, the wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly including a wheelchair-assist robot interface configured to communicably couple movements of the wheelchair-assist robot to the wheelchair from a first position remote and uncoupled from the wheelchair to a second position secured against and coupled to the wheelchair. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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