Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Mobile robots are being used with increased frequency to acco mplish a variety of routine tasks. In somecases, a mobile robot has a heading, or a front end which is ideally positioned towards the location wherework shoul d begin. It may be beneficial in some cases for a mobile robot to be able to aut omaticallysense the direction of its heading in relation to parts of an environ ment, for example, the walls of a room,so that it may maintain a desired headin g in relation thereto.”
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