System for assessing an autonomously determined map

    公开(公告)号:US11274930B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16710935

    申请日:2019-12-11

    Abstract: An autonomous mobile device (AMD) uses sensors to explore a physical space and determine a map indicating the locations of obstacles. As data is later acquired, the map may be updated, resulting in changes to previously mapped obstacle positions. Navigability tests determine if a path can be found between a current location and a previously visited location. A failure to find a path may result in exploration of an area that includes the previously visited location. Submaps may be produced by the AMD as it moves through the physical space. An accuracy score of a selected submap is determined by comparing the selected submap with a partial global map created using submaps other than the selected submap. If the accuracy score is less than a threshold value, the selected submap may be discarded and an area in the physical space associated with the selected submap may be re-explored.

    System for robot movement that is informed by cultural conventions

    公开(公告)号:US11422565B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US15923865

    申请日:2018-03-16

    Abstract: A robot comprises a plurality of sensors on a mobile chassis and may move about an environment in which people may be expected to follow particular cultural conventions. Movement of the robot may be constrained to honor these cultural conventions that are appropriate for the people in the environment. For example, when the robot is used within the United States, the robot tends to move along the right-hand side of a hallway. In comparison, when the robot is used within Japan the robot tends to move along the left-hand side of the hallway. The cultural conventions may be implemented as one-way gates present at specified locations in an occupancy map of the environment. The gates have no physical presence in the environment, but have the effect of placing a constraint on where the robot is permitted to move.

    Authenticated communication between devices

    公开(公告)号:US10129228B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-13

    申请号:US15085777

    申请日:2016-03-30

    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for establishing a secure, authenticated connection between devices utilizing a password authenticated key exchange. A client may send an encrypted connection request message to a server via a first communication medium. The server may send the client first data token data via a first communication medium. The client may encrypt the first data token with a password-authenticated key, for example, obtained in a password authenticated key exchange with the server. The client may encrypt the first token data based at least in part on the password-authenticated key to generate a message authentication code (MAC). The client may send the MAC to the server.

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