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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Andrew Beaulieu0
Andrew Pastore0
Chikyung Won0
Roger Dale Gamble0
Stephen A. Hickey0
Date of Patent
February 10, 2015
0Patent Application Number
138036170
Date Filed
March 14, 2013
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A robot bumper assembly includes a bumper body, a first sensor array, and a second sensor array. The first sensor array is disposed along and contoured to the periphery of a forward facing portion of the bumper body and senses contact with an external environment at positions along the contour of the periphery forward facing portion of the bumper body. The second sensor array is disposed along and contoured to the periphery of a top portion of the forward facing portion of the robot body. The top portion is angled, ramping up. The second sensor array senses contact with an external environment at positions along the periphery of the angled top portion of the bumper body.
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