Patent ID: 9144360
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A47L,B25J,B60L,B60R,G05D,H04B,H04L,Y02P,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An autonomous mobile robot system for bounded areas, the system comprising: a navigation beacon with a gateway beacon emitter arranged to emit a gateway beam across a gateway between a first bounded area and an adjacent second bounded area with the beacon placed in the gateway on a floor surface, wherein the navigation beacon is configured to emit a marker indicating a proximity zone about the beacon that extends into the bounded areas, and wherein the navigation beacon further comprises a beacon emitter arranged to transmit an emission into the first bounded area indicating the direction of the beacon, with the beacon disposed within the gateway; an autonomous coverage robot comprising: a base station located in one of the bounded areas, the base station comprising: