Patent ID: 8892260
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: B25J,G05D,H04L,H04N,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a mobile telepresence robot at a first location; a telepresence computing device at a second location different from the first location and in wireless communication with the robot through a firewall interposed between the mobile telepresence robot and the telepresence computing device; and a host computing device at a third location different from the first and second locations, the computing device in wireless communication with the robot and the telepresence computing device, the host computing device relaying User Datagram Protocol traffic between the robot and the telepresence computing device through the firewall; wherein the mobile telepresence robot opens a pinhole on a User Datagram Protocol port of the firewall in response to a request for a communication connection between the telepresence computing device and the mobile telepresence robot.