公开(公告)号：US12025987B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US16565721

申请日：2019-09-10

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Andreas Kolling ,  Isaac Vandermeulen

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0274 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  G05D1/0219 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for operating a mobile robot in an environment according to a coverage path generated using an environment map. The path includes a set of linear path segments connected by a number of turns therebetween, and the path minimizes or reduces the number of turns that the robot makes as it traverses the environment. An exemplary system includes at least one controller that partitions the environment map into regions with respective orientations based on the region's dimensional information and neighboring regions' properties, decomposes the regions into parallel ranks, and generates a coverage path using the ranks. One or more mobile robots can accomplish designated missions such as cleaning in the environment when moving along their respectively identified path.

公开(公告)号：US20220151450A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US16950226

申请日：2020-11-17

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Shannon Amelia Case ,  Alex Wong ,  Josua Gonzales-Neal ,  David C. Palafox ,  James Jackson ,  Nick Cuneo ,  Josie-Dee Seagren ,  Victoria Liceaga ,  Craig Michael Butterworth ,  Orjeta Taka ,  Christopher V. Jones ,  Steven J. Baron ,  David M. McSweeney ,  Kenrick E. Drew ,  Ryan Schneider ,  Isaac Vandermeulen ,  Michael Foster

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J13/00

Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for scheduling and controlling a mobile robot based on user location, user behavior, or other contextual information. In an example, a mobile cleaning robot comprises a drive system configured to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment in a user's residence, and a controller circuit configured to receive an indication of a user entering or exiting a pre-defined geographical zone with respect to a location of the user's residence. Such indication may be detected using location and geofencing services of a mobile device. Based on the indication of the user entering or exiting the geofence, the controller circuit may generate a motion control signal to navigate the mobile cleaning robot to conduct a mission in the environment.