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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Mario Munich, Bedford, MA (US);
Philip Fong, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Vazgen Karapetyan, Pasadena, CA (US);
Andreas Kolling, Pasadena, CA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
An autonomous mobile robot includes a drive system to support the robot above a surface, a sensor system configured to generate a signal indicative of a location of the robot on the surface, and a controller operably connected to the drive system and the sensor system. The drive system is operable to navigate the robot about the surface. The controller is configured to execute instructions to perform operations including establishing a behavior control zone on the surface, controlling the drive system, in response to establishing the behavior control zone on the surface, to maneuver the robot to a location of the behavior control zone on the surface, and maneuvering, using the drive system, the robot about the surface and initiating a behavior in response to determining, based on the signal indicative of the location of the robot, that the robot is proximate the behavior control zone.