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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2022
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Husain al-Mohssen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zupei Li, Nashua, NH (US);
Elena Jakubiak, Arlington, MA (US);
Laura V. Herlant, Arlington, MA (US);
Michael J. Halloran, Bedford, MA (US);
Danielle O'Connor Dean, Westford, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive system to support the autonomous cleaning robot above a floor surface, an image capture device positioned on the autonomous cleaning robot to capture imagery of a portion of the floor surface forward of the autonomous cleaning robot, and a controller operably connected to the drive system and the image capture device. The drive system is operable to maneuver the autonomous cleaning robot about the floor surface. The controller is configured to execute instructions to perform operations including initiating, based on a user-selected sensitivity and the imagery captured by the image capture device, an avoidance behavior to avoid an obstacle on the portion of the floor surface.