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Robot touch shield
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Inventors: Jacobs, Stephen;
Assignee: Jacobs; Steven (Chesterfield, VA)
Primary Examiner: Nappi; Robert E.
Assistant Examiner: Duda; Rina I
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Hunton & Williams
A robot touch shield device comprising a shell supported by at least one shell support member mounted on a base member, and a sensor device for sensing an exterior force applied to the shell, the sensor device having a base sensor portion having a center and a vertical member, the base sensor portion affixed on the base member, the vertical member affixed on the shell, the vertical member positioned over the center of the base sensor portion, wherein the exterior force applied to the shell translates the shell relative to the base member, the base sensor portion senses a displacement of the vertical member relative to the center of the base sensor portion and produces an output representing at least one of a direction of the exterior force applied and the degree of the exterior force applied. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with one embodiment of the method and system of the invention, a robot touch shield device comprising a shell supported by at least one shell support member mounted on a base member, and a sensor device for sensing an exterior force applied to the shell, the sensor device having a base sensor portion having a center and a vertical member, the base sensor portion affixed on the base member, the vertical member affixed on the shell, the vertical member positioned over the center of the base sensor portion, wherein the exterior force applied to the shell translates the shell relative to the base member, the base sensor portion senses a displacement of the vertical member relative to the center of the base sensor portion and produces an output representing at least one of a direction of the exterior force applied and the degree of the exterior force applied.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, a robot system with a touch shield device is disclosed.
The robot system comprising a processing portion for processing data in the robot system, a memory portion, the processor portion storing data in the memory portion and retrieving data from the memory portion, a transport portion for transporting the robot system from a first location to a second location, a body portion, the body portion containing at least one of the processor portion, the memory portion, and the transport portion, a touch shield device mounted on the body portion, the touch shield device having a shell supported by at least one shell support member mounted on a base member, and a sensor device for sensing an exterior force applied to the shell, the sensor device having a base sensor portion having a center and a vertical member, the base sensor portion affixed on the base member, the vertical member affixed on the shell, the vertical member positioned over the center of the base sensor portion, wherein the exterior force applied to the shell translates the shell relative to the base member, the base sensor portion senses a displacement of the vertical member relative to the center of the base sensor portion and produces an output signal representing at least one of a direction of the exterior force applied and the degree of the exterior force applied, the processor portion monitoring the output signal produced by the base sensor portion and commanding the robot system to cease navigating and maneuver on an exit path away from the exterior force applied to the shell
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Navigation and GPS 
