David J Mcsweeney

US Patent:

20210373558, Dec 2, 2021

Filed:

May 29, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/887982

Inventors:

- Bedford MA, US
Craig Michael Butterworth - Bedford MA, US
Sam Hong - Boston MA, US
Stefan Zickler - Bedford MA, US
Steven Kordell - Arlington MA, US
Hyun Woo Paik - Bedford MA, US
Frank Judge - Andover MA, US
Nat Jabbawy - Needham MA, US
Jacki Holcomb - Sudbury MA, US
Shannon Amelia Case - Woburn MA, US
David M. McSweeney - North Reading MA, US
Brandon Rohrer - Boston MA, US
Rick Hoobler - Bedford MA, US
Ottillia Shirhan Ni - Cambridge MA, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/02
B25J 5/00
B25J 11/00
G05D 1/00
G01C 21/20

Abstract:

Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for scheduling and controlling a mobile robot using a textual and user experienced-based mission routine. In an example, a mobile cleaning robot comprises a drive system to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment, a sensor circuit to detect an object in the environment, and a controller circuit to receive a mission routine including data representing an editable schedule including at least one of time or order for performing one or more cleaning tasks with respect to a semantically annotated object that include spatial or contextual information of the detected object, or with respect to user experience or user behavior. The controller circuit navigates the mobile cleaning robot to conduct a mission in accordance with the mission routine.