Patents by Inventor Paul Eric Sandin

Paul Eric Sandin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Robot having additional computing device
    Patent number: 8364310
    Abstract: A modular robot development kit includes an extensible mobile robot platform and a programmable development module that connects to the mobile robot platform. The mobile robot platform includes a controller that executes robot behaviors concurrently and performs robot actions in accordance with robot control signals received from the development module, as modified by the concurrently running robot behaviors, as a safeguard against performing potentially damaging robot actions. Also, the user can develop software that is executed on the development module and which transmits the robot control signals to the mobile robot platform over the data communication link using a robot interface protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Lee Jones, Paul Eric Sandin, Bryan Paul Adams
  • ROBOT HAVING ADDITIONAL COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120083924
    Abstract: A modular robot development kit includes an extensible mobile robot platform and a programmable development module that connects to the mobile robot platform. The mobile robot platform includes a controller that executes robot behaviors concurrently and performs robot actions in accordance with robot control signals received from the development module, as modified by the concurrently running robot behaviors, as a safeguard against performing potentially damaging robot actions. Also, the user can develop software that is executed on the development module and which transmits the robot control signals to the mobile robot platform over the data communication link using a robot interface protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph Lee JONES, Paul Eric Sandin, Bryan Paul Adams
  • Robot development platform
    Patent number: 8095238
    Abstract: A modular robot development kit includes an extensible mobile robot platform and a programmable development module that connects to the mobile robot platform. The mobile robot platform includes a controller that executes robot behaviors concurrently and performs robot actions in accordance with robot control signals received from the development module, as modified by the concurrently running robot behaviors, as a safeguard against performing potentially damaging robot actions. Also, the user can develop software that is executed on the development module and which transmits the robot control signals to the mobile robot platform over the data communication link using a robot interface protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Lee Jones, Paul Eric Sandin, Bryan Paul Adams