Ai Incorporated

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Bobsweep Inc

Al Incorporated

Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi

Shahin Fathi Djalali

Chen Zhang

Lukas Fath

Soroush Mehrnia

Lukas Robinson

Sebastian Schweigert

Brian Highfill

Azadeh Afshar Bakooshli

Amin Ebrahimi Afrouzi

Masih Ebrahimi Afrouzi

Andrew Francis Fitzgerald

Masoud Nasiri Sarvi

Chin Pang Alfred Kwan

Scott McDonald

Michael Patrick Phillips

Renee Bautista

Alexander Douglas Powers

Alex Powers

Hao Yuan

Nema Link

Sebastian Christopher Daub Schweigert

Nema Lankarani

Alexander Powers

Some aspects include a method for operating a wheeled device, including: capturing, by a primary sensor coupled to the wheeled device, primary sensor data indicative of a plurality of radial distances to objects; transforming, by a processor of the wheeled device, the plurality of radial distances from a perspective of the primary sensor to a perspective of the wheeled device; generating, by the processor, a partial map of visible areas in real-time at a first position of the wheeled device based on the primary sensor data and some secondary sensor data, wherein: the partial map is a bird's eye view; and the processor iteratively completes a full map of the environment based on new sensor data captured by sensors as the wheeled device performs work within the environment and new areas become visible to the sensors; and executing, by the wheeled device, a movement path to a second position.

Method of lightweight simultaneous localization and mapping performed on a real-time computing and battery operated wheeled device

Some aspects provide a media storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a robot effectuates operations including: capturing first data indicative of a position of the robot relative to objects within the workspace and second data indicative of movement of the robot; generating or updating a map of the workspace based on at least one of: at least a part of the first data and at least a part of the second data; segmenting the map into a plurality of zones; transmitting the map to an application of a communication device; receiving an updated map; generating a movement path based on the map or the updated map; and actuating the robot to traverse the movement path.

Methods and systems for robotic surface coverage

Provided is a bumper apparatus of a robot, including: a bumper elastically coupled with a chassis of the robot; at least one sensor configured to sense object impacts with the bumper; and at least one elastic element coupled to or interfacing with the chassis and coupled to or interfacing with the bumper; wherein: the at least one elastic element facilitates movement of the bumper relative to the chassis upon impact with an object and disengagement from the object after impact; the at least one elastic element facilitates a return of the bumper to a neutral position upon disengaging from the object after impact; and the bumper covers at least a front side of the chassis.

Integrated bumper

Provided is a device, comprising: a smart gym equipment, comprising: one or more sensors; one or more actuators; one or more electric magnets; a processor; and a tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations comprising: adjusting resistance in continuous amounts during a weight-lifting training in relation to a pulled distance of a weight value, wherein a change of the weight value is proportional to the pull distance; and the weight value is adjusted by an adjustment in an electrical current flowing through a wire in the smart gym equipment thereby adjusting a strength of a magnetic field; wherein: the processor determines a value for the electrical current; the adjustment in the electrical current based on at least one sensed data; and the device receives and transmits data to an application of a communication device paired with the device.

Smart gym equipment

Provided is a system for robotic collaboration, including a first robotic chassis including a memory storing instructions that when executed a processor effectuates operations including capturing data of an environment and data indicative of movement, generating a first map of the environment based on the captured data, and the robot executing a first part of a task. The system also includes a second robot including a memory storing instructions that when executed by a processor effectuates operations including capturing data of an environment and the second robot executing a second part of the task after the first robot completes the first part of the task, the completion of the first part of the task being indicated by a signal received with the processor of the second robot.

Autonomous versatile vehicle system

Methods and systems for constructing a map of an environment. One or more sensory devices installed on an autonomous vehicle take readings within a field of view of the sensory device. As the vehicle moves within the environment, the sensory device continuously takes readings within new fields of view. At the same time, sensory devices installed on other autonomous vehicles operating within the same environment and/or fixed devices monitoring the environment take readings within their respective fields of view. The readings recorded by a processor of each autonomous vehicle may be shared with all other processors of autonomous vehicles operating within the same environment with whom a data transfer channel is established. Processors combine overlapping readings to construct continuously growing segments of the map. Combined readings are taken by the same sensory device or by different sensory devices and are taken at the same time or at different times.

Method and system for collaborative construction of a map

A method for covering a work environment by a robot, including: obtaining sensor data indicative of operational hazards; generating a map based on data obtained from sensors of the robot; determining an object type of an operational hazard based on extracted features and a database of various object types and their features; generating a coverage plan for areas of the work environment; executing the coverage plan by the robot; capturing debris sensor data indicative of at least presence and absence of debris in locations within the work environment; determining areas of the work environment with a high presence of debris and a low presence of debris, wherein the map is updated to distinguish the areas with the high presence of debris and the areas with the low presence of debris.

Efficient coverage planning of mobile robotic devices

Some aspects include a method for operating an autonomous robot, including: capturing, with a first sensor disposed on the robot, data of an environment of the robot; generating, with the processor, a map of the environment based on at least the data of the environment; localizing, with the processor, the robot within the environment; capturing, with a second sensor disposed on the robot, data of a floor surface; determining, with the processor, a floor type of areas of the environment based on the data of the floor surface; and determining, with the processor, settings of the robot based on at least the floor type of the floor surface, wherein the settings comprise at least an elevation of each of at least one component of the robot from the floor surface.

Method and apparatus for overexposing images captured by drones

Some aspects include a schedule development method for a robotic floor-cleaning device that recognizes patterns in user input to automatically devise a work schedule.

Method for devising a schedule based on user input

Provided is a navigation system for a leader vehicle leading follower vehicles. The leader vehicle is configured to transmit real-time movement data to follower vehicles. The follower vehicles each include a signal receiver for receiving the data from the leader vehicle and a processor configured to determine a set of active maneuvering instructions for the respective follower vehicle based on at least a portion of the data received from the leader vehicle and actuate the respective follower vehicle to execute the set of active maneuvering instructions.

Method for sharing data between motor vehicles to automate aspects of driving

Some aspects provide a method for instructing operation of a robotic floor-cleaning device based on the position of the robotic floor-cleaning device within a two-dimensional map of the workspace. A two-dimensional map of a workspace is generated using inputs from sensors positioned on a robotic floor-cleaning device to represent the multi-dimensional workspace of the robotic floor-cleaning device. The two-dimensional map is provided to a user on a user interface. A user may adjust the boundaries of the two-dimensional map through the user interface and select settings for map areas to control device operation in various areas of the workspace.

Robotic floor-cleaning system manager

A method for autonomously planning work duties of a robot within an environment of the robot, including: obtaining, with a processor of the robot, first data indicative of a presence or an absence of at least one human within the environment at a particular time; actuating, with the processor, the robot to execute work duties based on the first data, wherein: the robot executes the work duties when the first data indicates the absence of the at least one human from the environment; and the work duties comprise cleaning at least a portion of the environment; capturing, with at least one sensor of a plurality of sensors disposed on the robot, second data while the robot executes the work duties; and altering, with the processor, a navigational route of the robot or the work duties based on the second data.

Method for efficient operation of mobile robotic devices

A method for autonomously servicing a first cleaning component of a battery-operated mobile device, including: inferring, with a processor of the mobile device, a value of at least one environmental characteristic based on sensor data captured by a sensor disposed on the mobile device; actuating, with a controller of the mobile device, a first actuator interacting with the first cleaning component to at least one of: turn on, turn off, reverse direction, and increase or decrease in speed such that the first cleaning component engages or disengages based on the value of at least one environmental characteristic or at least one user input received by an application of a smartphone paired with the mobile device; and dispensing, by a maintenance station, water from a clean water container of the maintenance station for washing the first cleaning component when the mobile device is docked at the maintenance station.

Stationary service appliance for a poly functional roaming device

A method for operating an autonomous wheeled device, including: obtaining first data indicative of objects within an environment; generating, with a processor of the autonomous wheeled device, a map of the environment using the first data; transmitting, with the processor, first information to an application of a smartphone; proposing, with the application, a suggested schedule for the autonomous wheeled device; receiving, with the processor, second information from the application of the smartphone; and actuating, with the processor, the autonomous wheeled device to operate according to the new schedule or the adjustment to the existing schedule and the suggested schedule, wherein the processor only actuates the autonomous wheeled device to operate according to the suggested schedule after the application receives approval of the suggested schedule.

Autonomous hospital bed

A method for pairing a robotic device with an application of a communication device, including: receiving, with the application, login information of a user; logging, with the application, into a user account using the login information; receiving, with the application, a password for a wireless network for connecting the robotic device to the wireless network; initiating, with the robotic device, pairing of the robotic device with the application upon the user pressing a button on a user interface of the robotic device; displaying, with the application, a map and a status of the robotic device; and transmitting, with the application, each of: an adjustment to the map; an instruction to perform a function; a cleaning setting; scheduling information; a cleaning intensity or a cleaning frequency setting; and an area within the map which the robotic device is to avoid to the robotic device.

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Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi