Patent ID: 8316499
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: A47L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A robot comprising: a body; a platform associated with the body and having a first surface facing away from the body and substantially parallel to and facing towards a surface in an environment in which the robot is configured to move; and a plurality of substantially longitudinal traps attached to a second surface of the platform so that at least two of the traps, including a first trap and a second trap, are positioned on substantially parallel longitudinal lines, the second surface of the platform opposite the first surface of the platform; the first trap configured to receive a first portion of a sheet; the second trap configured to receive a second portion of the sheet, the first portion of the sheet spaced from the second portion of the sheet such that when the first sheet portion is received by the first trap and the second sheet portion is received by the second trap, a third sheet portion between the first and second sheet portions is held against the first surface of the platform; wherein the first trap comprises: wherein the robot is configured to move in the environment in accordance with logic contained in an on-board processor.