Patent ID: 8392036

Claim:
A method of providing point and go navigation for remote control of an unmanned robotic vehicle, comprising: obtaining sensor information describing an environment in which the unmanned robotic vehicle is operating; communicating the sensor information to a remotely located operator console; displaying a visual representation of the environment on the operator console based on the sensor information; designating a target point within the visual representation based on operator input; designating a transition point within the visual representation based on operator input; advancing the unmanned robotic vehicle toward a target location in the environment based on an automatic navigation response to the designated target point, which includes automatically determining a planned route from a current unmanned robotic vehicle position to the target location; and advancing the unmanned robotic vehicle to the transition point, wherein the robotic vehicle is caused to reconfigure from a first pose corresponding to a first mode of operation to a second pose corresponding to a second mode of operation.