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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Manjunath Narayana, Pasadena, CA (US);

Andreas Kolling, Pasadena, CA (US);

Philip Fong, South Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:

iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/161 (2013.01); B25J 9/1653 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); B25J 13/086 (2013.01); B25J 19/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for maintaining a valid semantic map of an environment for a mobile robot. A mobile robot comprises a drive system, a sensor circuit to sense occupancy information, a memory, a controller circuit, and a communication system. The controller circuit can generate a first semantic map corresponding to a first robot mission using first occupancy information and first semantic annotations, transfer the first semantic annotations to a second semantic map corresponding to a subsequent second robot mission. The control circuit can generate the second semantic map that includes second semantic annotations generated based on the transferred first semantic annotations. User feedback on the first or the second semantic map can be received via a communication system. The control circuit can update first semantic map and use it to navigate the mobile robot in a future mission.


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