Robot system

摘要

A power-saving robot system includes at least one peripheral device and a mobile robot. The peripheral device includes a controller having an active mode and a hibernation mode, and a wireless communication component capable of activation in the hibernation mode. A controller of the robot has an activating routine that communicates with and temporarily activates the peripheral device, via wireless communication, from the hibernation mode. In another aspect, a robot system includes a network data bridge and a mobile robot. The network data bridge includes a broadband network interface, a wireless command interface, and a data bridge component. The data bridge component extracts serial commands received via the broadband network interface from an internet protocol, applies a command protocol thereto, and broadcasts the serial commands via the wireless interface. The mobile robot includes a wireless command communication component that receives the serial command; transmitted from the network data bridge.

主权项

1. A mobile cleaning robot comprising:
a drive system to move the robot on a floor surface; a cleaning unit to clean the floor surface; an audio output device to emit audible content; a microphone to detect sound; a camera; a wireless communicator; and a controller operable with the wireless communicator to communicate with a remote device, the controller being configured to access audio data and cause the audio output device to emit audible content corresponding to the audio data, and to control an operation of the robot corresponding to the sound detected by the microphone.