Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robot and method for localizing a robot
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Application No.: US15655451Application Date: 2017-07-20
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Publication No.: US11216006B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Gim Song Soh , Shaohui Foong , Kevin Otto , Akash Vibhute , Kristin Wood
- Applicant: Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Current Assignee: Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Bracewell LLP
- Agent Brad Y. Chin
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract:
According to various embodiments, there is provided a robot including: a spherical shell; a cart in the spherical shell, the cart including a plurality of wheels rotatable to move the cart along an inner surface of the spherical shell; a sensor coupled to the cart, the sensor configured to provide an inertial measurement of the cart; a motion encoder configured to measure an angular velocity of each wheel of the plurality of wheels; and a localizer configured to determine a location of the robot, based on the angular velocities of the plurality of wheels and the inertial measurement of the cart.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180024561A1 ROBOT AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING A ROBOT Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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