US 12,306,633 B2
Systems and methods for dock placement for an autonomous mobile robot
Laura V. Herlant, Arlington, MA (US); Brent Hild, Bedford, MA (US); Ryan Schneider, Burlington, MA (US); and Benjamin Glazer, Acton, MA (US)
Assigned to iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/132,592.
Application 18/132,592 is a continuation of application No. 17/134,658, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,662,737.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244240 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0225 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0227 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile robot system, comprising:
a docking station;
a mobile cleaning robot, including a drive system configured to drive the mobile cleaning robot in an environment and to dock the mobile cleaning robot to the docking station; and
a user controller device in operative communication with the mobile cleaning robot, the user controller device configured to:
determine docking failure rates respectively for a plurality of sites in the environment when one or more of said plurality of sites are obstructed by obstacles;
identify at least one candidate dock location in the environment for placing the docking station based on the determined docking failure rates for the plurality of sites;
present the identified at least one candidate dock location on a user interface; and
generate, and display on the user interface, a graphical representation of the determined docking failure rates across the plurality of sites in the environment.