Sharkninja Operating LLC

Melinda L Liggett

Isaku Douglas Kamada

Catriona C A Sutter

Charles Fiebig

Frederick Karl Hopke

Emily Pearce

Adam Leech

Alan Ai

Gan Sin Huat

Scott Connor

Charles Stewart Brunner

Tyler Mark Nikitas

Ming Yao

Rain Gu

William Wang

Kennedy Huang

Catriona C Sutter

Catriona CA Sutter

A robotic cleaner may include a housing, a bumper, driven wheels, and a controller. The bumper can be coupled to a front of the housing. The bumper may include a plurality of projections extending from a top edge of the bumper and above a top surface of the housing. The projections may include at least one leading projection proximate a forward most portion of the bumper and at least two side projections on each respective side of the bumper. The driven wheels may be rotatably mounted to the housing. The controller may be for controlling at least the driven wheels.

Robotic cleaner

A robotic vacuum cleaner may include a housing, a displaceable bumper, an emitter/detector pair, and at least one divider. The displaceable bumper may be moveably coupled to the housing and may be configured to be displaced along at least one axis. The emitter/detector pair may have an emitter and a detector, wherein the emitter is configured to emit light through at least a portion of the displaceable bumper. The at least one divider may be disposed between the emitter and the detector of the emitter/detector pair.

Robotic vacuum cleaner

A beacon for a robotic cleaner may include a housing and an optical indicium having an optical pattern. The optical indicium may be coupled to the housing and be viewable by a camera of the robotic cleaner. After observing the optical indicium, the robotic cleaner may be caused to carry out an action associated with at least a portion of the optical pattern.

Optical indicium for communicating information to autonomous devices

A robotic cleaner may include a body and an illuminator assembly. At least a portion of the illuminator assembly may be disposed within the body. The illuminator assembly may include an illuminator optic configured to emit light from an illumination surface and an illumination guide configured to direct light into the illuminator optic. The illumination guide may have a cavity. The cavity may include a reflecting surface and a directing surface, the reflecting surface being positioned opposite the directing surface.

Illuminator optic for robotic cleaner

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Watertown, MA, United States of America

Melinda L Liggett