Michael E Rosenstein

20120169497, Jul 5, 2012

Dec 30, 2011

13/340784

Mark Steven Schnittman - Somerville MA, US
Michael Todd Rosenstein - Westford MA, US

G08B 21/00

340540

A debris monitoring system includes a receptacle, a first and a second emitter, and a first receiver. The receptacle defines an opening to receive debris into the receptacle. The first and second emitter are each arranged to emit a signal across at least a portion of the opening. The first receiver is proximate to the first emitter to receive reflections of the signal emitted by the first emitter, and the first receiver is disposed toward the opening to receive an unreflected portion of the signal emitted by the second emitter across at least a portion of the opening.

20120173018, Jul 5, 2012

Sep 23, 2011

13/241765

Thomas P. Allen - Reading MA, US
Justin H. Kearns - Cambridge MA, US
Orjeta Taka - Peabody MA, US
Timothy S. Farlow - Needham MA, US
Robert Todd Pack - Nashua NH, US
Chikyung Won - Tewksbury MA, US
Michael T. Rosenstein - Westford MA, US
Michael Halloran - Waltham MA, US
Steven V. Shamlian - Bedford MA, US
Mark Chiappetta - Chelmsford MA, US

iRobot Corporation - Bedford MA

B25J 9/16

700245

A mobile human interface robot that includes a drive system, a controller in communication with the dive system, and an electronic display supported above the drive system and in communication with the controller. The controller includes a central processing unit, a general purpose graphics processing unit, and memory in electrical communication with the central processing unit and the general purpose graphics processing unit. Moreover, the controller has a display operating state and a driving operating state. The controller executes graphics computations on the general purpose graphics processing unit for displaying graphics on the electronic display during the display operating state; and the controller executes mobility computations on the general purpose graphics processing unit for issuing commands to the drive system during the driving operating state.

20120182392, Jul 19, 2012

Feb 22, 2011

13/032228

Justin H. Kearns - Cambridge MA, US
Orjeta Taka - Peabody MA, US
Robert Todd Pack - Nashua NH, US
Michael T. Rosenstein - Westford MA, US
Michael Halloran - Waltham MA, US
Timothy S. Farlow - Needham MA, US
Steven V. Shamlian - Bedford MA, US
Chikyung Won - Tewksbury MA, US
Mark Chiappetta - Chelmsford MA, US
Jasper Fourways Vicenti - Somerville MA, US

iRobot Corporation - Bedford MA

H04N 13/02
G06K 9/00

348 46, 382154, 348E13004, 901 46

A method of object detection for a mobile robot includes emitting a speckle pattern of light onto a scene about the robot while maneuvering the robot across a work surface, receiving reflections of the emitted speckle pattern off surfaces of a target object in the scene, determining a distance of each reflecting surface of the target object, constructing a three-dimensional depth map of the target object, and classifying the target object.

20150120057, Apr 30, 2015

Dec 30, 2014

14/586341

- Bedford MA, US
Eben Rauhut - Watertown MA, US
Peter J. Lydon - Peabody MA, US
Michael T. Rosenstein - S. Hadley MA, US
Michael Halloran - Waltham MA, US
Steven V. Shamlian - Watertown MA, US
Chikyung Won - Tewksbury MA, US
Mark Chiappetta - Chelmsford MA, US
Justin H. Kearns - Somerville MA, US
Orjeta Taka - Bedford MA, US
Robert Todd Pack - Hollis NH, US
Timothy S. Farlow - Billerica MA, US
Jasper Fourways Vicenti - Medford MA, US

iRobot Corporation - Bedford MA

B25J 9/16
G05D 1/02

700259, 901 9, 901 47, 901 1

A mobile robot including a robot body, a drive system supporting the robot body, and a controller in communication with the drive system. The robot also includes an actuator moving a portion of the robot body through a volume of space adjacent the mobile robot and a sensor pod in communication with the controller. The sensor pod includes a collar rotatably supported and having a curved wall formed at least partially as a surface of revolution about a vertical axis. The sensor pod also includes a volumetric point cloud sensor housed by the collar and observing the volume of space adjacent the robot from within the collar along an observation axis extending through the curved wall. A collar actuator rotates the collar and the volumetric point cloud sensor together about the collar axis.

20130226344, Aug 29, 2013

Jul 23, 2012

13/555529

Cheuk Wah Wong - Bedford MA, US
Eben Rauhut - Watertown MA, US
Brian C. Benson - Winchendon MA, US
Peter J. Lydon - Peabody MA, US
Michael T. Rosenstein - S. Hadley MA, US
Michael Halloran - Waltham MA, US
Steven V. Shamlian - Watertown MA, US
Chikyung Won - Tewksbury MA, US
Mark Chiappetta - Chelmsford MA, US
Justin H. Kearns - Somerville MA, US
Orjeta Taka - Bedford MA, US
Robert Todd Pack - Hollis NH, US
Timothy S. Farlow - Billerica MA, US
Jasper Fourways Vicenti - Medford MA, US

iRobot Corporation - Bedford MA

B25J 9/16

700258, 901 9, 901 46, 901 1

A mobile robot including a robot body, a drive system supporting the robot body, and a controller in communication with the drive system. The robot also includes an actuator moving a portion of the robot body through a volume of space adjacent the mobile robot and a sensor pod in communication with the controller. The sensor pod includes a collar rotatably supported and having a curved wall formed at least partially as a surface of revolution about a vertical axis. The sensor pod also includes a volumetric point cloud sensor housed by the collar and observing the volume of space adjacent the robot from within the collar along an observation axis extending through the curved wall. A collar actuator rotates the collar and the volumetric point cloud sensor together about the collar axis.

20110288684, Nov 24, 2011

Feb 22, 2011

13/032406

Tim S. Farlow - Needham MA, US
Michael Rosenstein - S. Hadley MA, US
Michael Halloran - Waltham MA, US
Chikyung Won - Tewksbury MA, US
Steven V. Shamlian - Bedford MA, US
Mark Chiappetta - Chelmsford MA, US

iRobot Corporation - Bedford MA

B25J 13/08

700264, 700245, 901 1, 901 47

A robot system includes a mobile robot having a controller executing a control system for controlling operation of the robot, a cloud computing service in communication with the controller of the robot, and a remote computing device in communication with the cloud computing service. The remote computing device communicates with the robot through the cloud computing service.