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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2020
Applicant:

Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Paul C. Balutis, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Andrew Beaulieu, Somerville, MA (US);

Brian Yamauchi, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/008 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0081 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0221 (2013.01); G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0265 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0208 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of mowing multiple areas includes training a robotic mower to mow at least two areas separated by a space, including moving the robotic mower about the areas while storing data indicative of location of boundaries of each area relative to boundary markers, training the robotic mower to move across the space separating the areas, and initiating a mowing operation. Training the robotic mower to move across the space separating the areas includes moving the robotic mower to a traversal launch point of a first of the areas and moving the robotic mower to a traversal landing point of a second of the areas. The mowing operation causes the robotic mower to move to the traversal launch point, move from the traversal launch point across the space to the traversal landing point, and then mow the second of the areas.


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