Irobot Corporation

Ryan Schneider

Orjeta Taka

Benjamin Glazer

Philip Fong

Benjamin H Schriesheim

Steven J Baron

Alex Y Wong

Brent Hild

Laura V Herlant

Hyun Woo Paik

Shipra Arora

Michael Foster

Lauren D Stern

Kenrick E Drew

Matthew Weyant

Danielle O'Connor Dean

Clifton Eric Smith

Christopher V Jones

Ottillia Shirhan Ni

Eric Beowulf Martinson

Laura Tramontozzi

Jonathan Sanjeev Withers

Collin Prather

Ajay Changulani

Craig Michael Butterworth

David M Mcsweeney

Shannon Amelia Case

James Jackson

Josua Gonzales-Neal

David C Palafox

Nick Cuneo

Josie-Dee Seagren

Victoria Liceaga

Isaac Vandermeulen

A method of prioritizing cleaning of rooms of an environment for a mobile cleaning robot can include generating a cleanliness score for each room of the environment using a controller. Each of the cleanliness scores can be indicative of an amount of debris expected in each respective room by the mobile cleaning robot. The method can also include generating a room cleaning priority based at least partially on the cleanliness score of each of the rooms. The method can also include scheduling operations of the mobile cleaning robot for a planned mission based on the room cleaning priority of each of the rooms of the environment.

Cleaning prioritization for mobile cleaning robot

A method includes receiving mapping data collected by an autonomous cleaning robot as the autonomous cleaning robot moves about an environment. A portion of the mapping data is indicative of a location of an object in the environment. The method includes defining a clean zone at the location of the object such that the autonomous cleaning robot initiates a clean behavior constrained to the clean zone in response to encountering the clean zone in the environment.

Control of autonomous mobile robots

A mobile computing device includes a user input device and a controller. The user input device includes a display, and the controller is operably connected to the user input device and configured to execute instructions to perform operations. The operations include presenting on the display, information about one or more areas that were not cleaned by an autonomous cleaning robot during a first mission. The operations further include transmitting data corresponding to a user-selected subset of the one or more areas to cause the robot to clean the user-selected subset during a second mission.

User feedback on potential obstacles and error conditions detected by autonomous mobile robots

Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for validating location of a docking station for docking a mobile robot. In an example, a mobile robot system includes a docking station and a mobile cleaning robot. The mobile cleaning robot includes a drive system to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment including a docking area within a distance of the docking station, and a controller circuit to detect, from an image of the docking area, a presence or absence of one or more obstacles in the docking area. A notification may be generated to inform a user about the detected obstacles. The mobile device may generate a recommendation to the user to clear the docking area or reposition the docking station, or suggest one or more candidate locations for placing the docking station.

Systems and methods for dock placement for an autonomous mobile robot

A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot in an environment can include detecting, such as using an optical stream from the mobile cleaning robot, a seasonal object located in the environment. A seasonal cleaning zone can be created based on the detected seasonal object when a current date is within a specified date range. The seasonal cleaning zone can be displayed on a map of the environment.

Seasonal cleaning zones for mobile cleaning robot

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