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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Anders Bialek, Newton, MA (US);
John Sinnigen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Colin Angle, Beverly, MA (US);
Michael J. Halloran, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 7/04 (2006.01); A47L 11/24 (2006.01); A47L 11/28 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/2815 (2013.01); A47L 7/04 (2013.01); A47L 9/2821 (2013.01); A47L 9/2826 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 11/24 (2013.01); A47L 11/28 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive operable to move the autonomous cleaning robot across a floor surface; a cleaning assembly configured to clean the floor surface; a receiver configured to receive an indication of cat activity in a cat box; and a controller configured to navigate the autonomous cleaning robot to the cat box to execute a cleaning mission in response to the received indication of cat activity.