APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SURFACE TRAVERSING WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING OF SURFACE

Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with surface traversing by robotic apparatuses using capacitive sensing are described herein. In some instances, the apparatus comprises a body having at least one edge that faces a direction of traverse of a surface by the apparatus, and at least on...

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Hauptverfasser:	Horesh, Nizan, Levi, Tal
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ELECTRICITY HAND TOOLS MANIPULATORS MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS PULSE TECHNIQUE TESTING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with surface traversing by robotic apparatuses using capacitive sensing are described herein. In some instances, the apparatus comprises a body having at least one edge that faces a direction of traverse of a surface by the apparatus, and at least one capacitive probe disposed on or in proximity to the edge, to detect, during the traverse of the surface, a change in a dielectric property of a portion of the surface proximate to the edge. The dielectric property change indicates an obstacle associated with the surface portion. The apparatus further comprises circuitry configured to process the readings provided by the probe, such as to identify the obstacle, and generate instructions to adjust the traversing of the surface by the apparatus, based at least in part on a result of the probe readings processing. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.