Modular Robot
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Abstract
A coverage robot including a chassis, multiple drive wheel assemblies disposed on the chassis, and a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis. Each drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly housing, a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing, and a wheel drive motor carried by the drive wheel assembly housing and operable to drive the wheel. The cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing, a cleaning head rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing, and a cleaning drive motor carried by cleaning assembly housing and operable to drive the cleaning head. The wheel assemblies and the cleaning assembly are each separately and independently removable from respective receptacles of the chassis as complete units.
9 Citations
33 Claims
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1-17. -17. (canceled)
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18. A coverage robot comprising:
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a chassis defining one or more module-receiving receptacles; a plurality of mating connectors, each mating connector disposed in a respective module-receiving receptacle; a top cover carried on the chassis, the cover and the chassis defining at least a portion of an enclosed volume; an electronic controller disposed in the enclosed volume and in electrical communication with each of the plurality of mating connectors, the enclosed volume isolating the enclosed electronic controller from the one or more module-receiving receptacles; multiple drive wheel assemblies configured to maneuver the robot over a surface, each drive wheel assembly comprising a power connector, a drive wheel assembly housing, and a wheel rotatably coupled to the drive wheel assembly housing, the drive wheel assemblies each separately and independently slidable along a respective module-receiving receptacle to electrically connect the respective power connectors to the respective mating connectors. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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