US 12,440,076 B2
Bathroom cleaning robot
Ievgenii Zasoba, Lviv (UA); Michael Levy, New York, NY (US); Illia Pavliuk, Lviv (UA); Myroslav Borkovski, Lviv (UA); Roman Adler, Lviv (UA); and Olga Avramidi, Lviv (UA)
Assigned to Somatic Holdings, Inc., Lawrence, NY (US)
Filed by Somatic Holdings, Inc., Lawrence, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/231,476.
Prior Publication US 2025/0049274 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 7/0019 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0023 (2013.01); A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/2805 (2013.01); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01); A47L 9/2847 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 11/4005 (2013.01); A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 11/4016 (2013.01); A47L 11/4036 (2013.01); A47L 11/4066 (2013.01); A47L 11/4072 (2013.01); A47L 11/4083 (2013.01); A47L 11/4088 (2013.01); B25J 15/0466 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bathroom cleaning robot, comprising:
a main body having a main outer housing containing a plurality of internal components configured to facilitate the autonomous cleaning of a bathroom;
a mobility module coupled to the main body and configured to move the bathroom cleaning robot autonomously across a floor within the bathroom;
a robotic arm having a fixed end coupled to the main body or the mobility module, a movable end configured to move through multiple degrees of freedom relative to the fixed end, and multiple movable arm segments between the fixed end and the movable end, wherein the robotic arm is configured to facilitate the autonomous cleaning of the bathroom;
a plurality of different cleaning tools removably mounted to respective mounting locations along one or more outer surfaces of the main body, the mobility module, or both, wherein each of the plurality of different cleaning tools is configured to be removed from its respective mounting location and to be manipulated by the robotic arm to perform a cleaning function within the bathroom;
a tool change module configured to facilitate securely coupling and uncoupling the robotic arm to each of the plurality of different cleaning tools; and
a door opening module configured to pull open and hold open a spring-loaded door autonomously while the mobility module moves the robotic cleaning device autonomously through the open spring-loaded door between a region outside of the bathroom and the bathroom, wherein the door opening module includes an extendable foot arrangement configured to automatically extend from the bathroom cleaning robot, pivot behind the spring-loaded door while the spring-loaded door is open, contact a surface of the spring-loaded door on the other side the bathroom cleaning robot, and hold open the spring-loaded door while the mobility module moves the robot autonomously through the open spring-loaded door.