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Navigation of autonomous mobile robots

US11464375B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

38Claims

0Family size

Assignee

iRobot Corporation · US

Inventors

Artem Gritsenko · Malden, US
Erik Schembor · Bedford, US
James R. Salvati · North Chelmsford, US
John Wang · Escondido, US
Jonathan J. Dorich · Billerica, US
Steven Kordell · Arlington, US
Tadvana S. Canakapalli · Arlington, US
Zacharias Psarakis · Malden, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 8, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47L2201/04
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An autonomous cleaning robot includes a controller configured to execute instructions to perform one or more operations. The one or more operations includes operating a drive system to move the cleaning robot in a forward drive direction along a first obstacle surface with a side surface of the cleaning robot facing the first obstacle surface, then operating the drive system to turn the cleaning robot such that the side surface of the cleaning robot faces a second obstacle surface, then operating the drive system to move the cleaning robot in a rearward drive direction along the second obstacle surface, and then operating the drive system to move the cleaning robot in the forward drive direction along the second obstacle surface.

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