WO2007065031A3 - Robot system - Google Patents

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WO2007065031A3
WO2007065031A3 PCT/US2006/046398 US2006046398W WO2007065031A3 WO 2007065031 A3 WO2007065031 A3 WO 2007065031A3 US 2006046398 W US2006046398 W US 2006046398W WO 2007065031 A3 WO2007065031 A3 WO 2007065031A3
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peripheral device
robot
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wireless communication
robot system
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Michael J Halloran
Jeffry W Mammen
Tony L Campbell
Jason S Walker
Paul E Sandin
John N Billington Jr
Daniel N Ozick
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iRobot Corp
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Priority to EP06839009A priority Critical patent/EP1963941B1/en
Priority to PCT/US2006/046398 priority patent/WO2007065031A2/en
Priority to EP12179857.3A priority patent/EP2544066B1/en
Priority to ES06839009T priority patent/ES2382320T3/en
Priority to AT06839009T priority patent/ATE545898T1/en
Priority to EP12155298.8A priority patent/EP2466411B1/en
Priority to JP2008543547A priority patent/JP5207975B2/en
Priority to DK06839009.5T priority patent/DK1963941T3/en
Priority to EP12179855.7A priority patent/EP2533120B1/en
Publication of WO2007065031A2 publication Critical patent/WO2007065031A2/en
Publication of WO2007065031A3 publication Critical patent/WO2007065031A3/en
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Abstract

A power-saving robot system (100) includes at least one peripheral device (102) to be placed in an environment with a mobile robot (104). The peripheral device has a controller (1026) with an active mode (938) in which the peripheral device is fully operative, and a hibernation mode (932) in which the peripheral device is at least partly inactive. The mobile robot (104) has a controller (1046) with an activating routine (904) that communicates with the peripheral device (102) via wireless communication components (1024, 1044) and temporarily activates the peripheral device (102) from the hibernation mode (932) when the wireless communication components (1024, 1044) of the peripheral device (102) and the robot (104) come within range of one another.
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