Michael D Robbins

US Patent:

7843431, Nov 30, 2010

Filed:

Apr 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/739590

Inventors:

Michael A. Robbins - Waltham MA, US
Samuel H. Kenyon - Cambridge MA, US
Roger Gerson - Medfield MA, US
Travis Woodbury - Temple NH, US
Melissa N. Ledoux - Revere MA, US

Assignee:

iRobot Corporation - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G09G 5/08
G06T 13/00

US Classification:

345161, 345473

Abstract:

Control system for a remote vehicle comprises a twin grip hand-held controller including: a left grip shaped to be held between a left little finger, ring finger, and the ball of the thumb, leaving the left index finger, middle finger, and thumb free; a left control zone adjacent to the left grip, including a first analog joystick and a first 4-way directional control manipulable by the left thumb, and a left rocker control located on a shoulder portion of the controller; a right handed grip shaped to be held between the right little finger, ring finger, and the ball of the thumb, leaving the left index finger, middle finger, and thumb free; and a right control zone adjacent the right grip, including a second analog joystick and a second 4-way directional control manipulable by the right thumb, and a right rocker control located on a shoulder portion of the controller.

US Patent:

8199109, Jun 12, 2012

Filed:

Oct 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/911080

Inventors:

Michael A. Robbins - Waltham MA, US
Samuel H. Kenyon - Cambridge MA, US
Roger Gerson - Medfield MA, US
Travis Woodbury - Temple NH, US
Melissa N. Ledoux - Revere MA, US

Assignee:

Irobot Corporation - Bedford MA

International Classification:

G09G 5/08
G06T 13/00

US Classification:

345161, 345473

Abstract:

A system for controlling a remote vehicle, the system comprising: a hand-held controller having a plurality of buttons; a display including a graphical user interface having soft buttons; and a processor in communication with the hand-held controller and the display. Buttons of the hand-held controller are mapped to soft buttons of the graphical user interface to allow actuation of soft buttons of the graphical user interface, and the hand-held controller is capable of switching between two or more button function modes, wherein each button function mode assigns different functions to one or more of the buttons of the hand-held controller.

US Patent:

8350810, Jan 8, 2013

Filed:

Apr 27, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/459035

Inventors:

Michael A. Robbins - Waltham MA, US
Samuel H. Kenyon - Cambridge MA, US
Roger Gerson - Medfield MA, US
Travis Woodbury - Temple NH, US
Melissa N. Ledoux - Revere MA, US

Assignee:

iRobot Corporation - Bedford MA

International Classification:

G09G 5/08
G06T 13/00

US Classification:

345161, 345473

Abstract:

A system for controlling a remote vehicle, the system comprising: a hand-held controller having a plurality of buttons; a display including a graphical user interface having soft buttons; and a processor in communication with the hand-held controller and the display. Buttons of the hand-held controller are mapped to soft buttons of the graphical user interface to allow actuation of soft buttons of the graphical user interface, and the hand-held controller is capable of switching between two or more button function modes, wherein each button function mode assigns different functions to one or more of the buttons of the hand-held controller.

US Patent:

20140216964, Aug 7, 2014

Filed:

Apr 7, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/246496

Inventors:

- Mansfield MA, US
Dino Kasvikis - Mansfield MA, US
Russell Estrella - Hamden CT, US
Michael Robbins - New Haven CT, US
Jonathan Sapienza - Orange CT, US

Assignee:

Covidien LP - Mansfield MA

International Classification:

A61B 17/068

US Classification:

206339

Abstract:

A cartridge shipping aid is provided to retain staples within staple pockets of a staple cartridge during shipment. The cartridge shipping aid includes a base and a longitudinal rib extending perpendicularly from an underside of the base and indiscernible into a knife slot formed in a staple cartridge. One or more perpendicular keys are formed along a lower edge of the longitudinally extending rib for engagement with an underside surface of the staple cartridge. The cartridge shipping aid may additionally include sidewalls projecting perpendicularly from outer edges of the base. Projections are formed on one end of the base for engagement with associate detents formed on the staple cartridge. Grasping structure is formed adjacent one end of the base and longitudinal rib.