US 12,214,485 B2
Robot for bio-surveillance and bio-surveillance system
David Carl Glasbrenner, Hilliard, OH (US)
Assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,866.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,709, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0241984 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 11/008 (2013.01) [B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00524 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile robot comprising:
one or more driven wheels;
one or more sensors configured to generate mapping data; and
a sample collector including:
a sample storage having a first sample receptacle and a second sample receptacle;
a first identifier associated with the first sample receptacle;
a second identifier associated with the second sample receptacle;
a first collection medium and a second collection medium; and
a collection medium applicator configured to:
releasably couple to the first collection medium;
contact the first collection medium with a location on a surface, wherein the location on the surface is determined using the mapping data and is associated with the first identifier; and
deposit the first collection medium in the first sample receptacle.