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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2018
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Travis Van Schoyck, Princeton, NJ (US);
Matthew Hyatt Turpin, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Rizwan Ahmed, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Stephen Marc Chaves, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Ross Eric Kessler, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Paul Daniel Martin, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael Joshua Shomin, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Moussa Ben Coulibaly, Brookhaven, PA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for robotic navigation are described. A robotic device such as a robotic vacuum or a robotic assistant may navigate a first surface. In some cases, navigating the first surface may include removing debris from the first surface. The robotic device may identify a location of a track that connects the first surface to a second surface that is vertically displaced from the first surface. The robotic device may engage the track based at least in part on the identified location. The robotic device may ascend to the second surface by activating an actuator and navigate the second surface (e.g., may remove debris from the second surface, may map the second surface, etc.).