US 11,914,393 B2
Seasonal recommendations for an autonomous mobile robot
Matthew Weyant, Medford, MA (US); Teresa Borcuch, Acton, MA (US); Jacki Holcomb, Sudbury, MA (US); Andrew Scott Reichel, Medford, MA (US); and Erik Moore, Bedford, MA (US)
Assigned to iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,775.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,921, filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061621 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0274 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0221 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile cleaning robot, comprising:
a motor-driven drive system configured to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment;
a cleaning system; and
a controller configured to:
receive a seasonal cleaning schedule corresponding to a seasonal debris accumulation event, the seasonal cleaning schedule including instructions to clean a portion of the environment based on a seasonably varied debris state;
provide a control signal to the motor-driven drive system and the cleaning system to execute a cleaning mission in the environment in accordance with the seasonal cleaning schedule; and
generate a map of the environment and a graphical representation of a spatial density of seasonal debris in the environment on the map.