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1. A robotic system comprising:
a robotic platform; a follow-path functionality enabling the robotic platform to follow a leading soldier, at least selectably, without reliance on GPS; and a Human Machine Interface between the platform and a leading soldier, wherein said follow-path functionality defines a current position of the robotic platform by its relationship to the soldier and enables the robotic platform to follow the route of the soldier's footsteps, wherein said follow-path functionality includes: driving apparatus operative for driving to an individual waypoint along the path and measuring the robot position in a relative coordinate system and measuring the distance and angle between the robot and the leader; leader position computation apparatus operative for computing the leader position in a relative coordinate system and storing the leader position as a highest waypoint in a memory device; waypoint extraction apparatus operative, when the robot-leader distance is pre-determinedy large and the robot-waypoint distance is pre-determinedly small, to extract a next highest waypoint from the memory device and to return to said driving using said next highest waypoint as said individual waypoint; and wherein, when the robot-leader distance is pre-determinedly small, the robot waits a predetermined time period then returns to said driving, otherwise, when the robot-waypoint distance is not pre-determinedly small, the robot returns to said driving. |
