Patent ID: 11957286
Assignee: IROBOT CORPORATION
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A cleaning robot comprising:
a drive to maneuver the cleaning robot across a floor surface of a room in a forward drive direction;
a fluid applicator to apply fluid to the floor surface;
a radio-frequency reader arranged to sense a radio-frequency identification (RFID) identifier of a cleaning pad held by the cleaning robot, the radio-frequency reader being configured to generate a signal indicative of a pad type of the cleaning pad based on the RFID identifier of the cleaning pad; and
a controller responsive to the signal generated by the radio-frequency reader, the controller being configured to control the cleaning robot in a cleaning operation based on the signal indicative of the pad type of the cleaning pad based on the RFID identifier of the cleaning pad.