US 11,940,797 B2
Navigating semi-autonomous mobile robots
Lior Storfer, Haifa (IL); Tamara Gaidar, Haifa (IL); and Ido Lapidot, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/867,168.
Application 16/867,168 is a continuation of application No. 15/677,891, filed on Aug. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,642,274.
Application 15/677,891 is a continuation of application No. 14/757,685, filed on Dec. 23, 2015, granted, now 9,740,207, issued on Aug. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0401144 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC G05D 1/0212 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); G08G 1/207 (2013.01); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0211 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot comprising:
a body;
a motor to move the body in an environment;
wireless communication circuitry;
at least one sensor carried by the body, the at least one sensor to output at least one signal corresponding to the environment;
a storage device carried by the body;
machine readable instructions; and
at least one processor carried by the body, the at least one processor to execute the instructions to:
determine a first travel path on a navigation map corresponding to the robot based on the at least one signal and an area the robot is forbidden to enter, the at least one processor to determine the first travel path to avoid the area,
determine a designated evacuation position,
revise the navigation map to change the first travel path to a second travel path leading to the designated evacuation position in response to the robot receiving a notification of an emergency, the second travel path entering the area the robot is forbidden to enter, and
delete first information obtained while in the area the robot is forbidden to enter from the storage device, wherein second information obtained in an area the robot is allowed to enter is retained.