Irobot Corporation

Shipra Arora

Lauren D Stern

Benjamin H Schriesheim

Alex Y Wong

Brandon R Rohrer

Michael Foster

Matthew Weyant

Frank Judge

Christopher Shumaker

Insun Hong

Cory White

Ryan Schneider

Rick Hoobler

Calvin Jinwon Lee

Hyun Woo Paik

Philip Petrides

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

A method includes receiving sensor data collected by an autonomous mobile robot as the autonomous mobile robot moves about an environment, the sensor data being indicative of sensor events and locations associated with the sensor events. The method includes identifying a subset of the sensor events based on the locations. The method includes providing, to a user computing device, data indicative of a recommended behavior control zone in the environment, the recommended behavior control zone containing a subset of the locations associated with the subset of the sensor events. The method includes defining, in response to a user selection from the user computing device, a behavior control zone such that the autonomous mobile robot initiates a behavior in response to encountering the behavior control zone, the behavior control zone being based on the recommended behavior control zone.

Control of autonomous mobile robots

An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive system to move the autonomous cleaning robot about a floor surface, a cleaning head on a bottom portion of the autonomous cleaning robot, a side brush on the bottom portion of the autonomous cleaning robot, and a vacuum system in pneumatic communication with the opening. The cleaning head is configured to direct debris from the floor surface into the autonomous cleaning robot as the autonomous cleaning robot moves about the floor surface. The side brush is rotatable about a rotational axis forming a non-zero angle with a floor surface, and the side brush comprising an opening.

Brush for autonomous cleaning robot

Mobile cleaning robot

Some autonomous cleaning robots include a drive configured to maneuver the autonomous cleaning robot about a floor surface. The robots include a cleaning system to clean the floor surface as the autonomous cleaning robot is maneuvered about the floor surface. The robots include a robot button positioned on the autonomous cleaning robot. The robots include a controller in electrical communication with the drive and the robot button. The controller is configured to perform operations including selecting a behavior of the autonomous cleaning robot from a plurality of behaviors of the autonomous cleaning robot responsive to a duration of actuation of the robot button and causing the autonomous mobile robot to initiate the behavior.

User interfaces for autonomous cleaning robots

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