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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Bourget, Acton, MA (US);
Jack Wells, Cambridge, MA (US);
Olga Taran, Sudbury, MA (US);
Matthew Clements, Pasadena, CA (US);
Chris Bailey, Upton, MA (US);
Varun Malhotra, Cambridge, MA (US);
Landon Unninayar, Waltham, MA (US);
Bingqian Xie, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 11/30 (2013.01); A47L 11/4061 (2013.01); A47L 11/4088 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot can include navigating the mobile cleaning robot within an environment. A vacuum system of the mobile cleaning robot can be operated to ingest debris from the environment Whether a dispense condition is satisfied can be determined. Fluid can be dispensed from the mobile cleaning robot when the dispense condition is satisfied.