Patent ID: 11947015
Assignee: AI INCORPORATED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A robot, comprising:
a chassis;
a set of wheels coupled to the chassis;
a set of sensors;
a processor; and
a tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing instructions that when executed by the processor of the robot effectuates operations comprising:
capturing, with at least one sensor, data indicative of operational hazards within a work environment;
generating, with the processor, a map of the work environment based on data obtained from at least some sensors of the robot;

identifying, with the processor, at least one room in the map;
determining, with the processor, an object type of an operational hazard based on extracted features of the operational hazard and a database of various object types and their features;
updating, with the processor, the map to include the object type of the operational hazard at a location in which the operational hazard was encountered by the robot;
generating, with the processor, a coverage plan for areas of the work environment;
executing, with the robot, the coverage plan, wherein the processor alters the coverage plan causing the robot to maneuver around a detected operational hazard in a path of the robot;

receiving, with the processor, information from an application of a communication device paired with the robot, wherein the application is configured to receive an input designating a schedule of the robot, a command to clean, preferences in different areas of the work environment, a command to navigate to a particular location, and a command to clean a particular area;
actuating, with the processor, the robot to implement the information received;
capturing, with a sensor, debris data indicative of at least presence and absence of debris in locations within the work environment;
determining, with the processor, areas of the work environment with a high presence of debris; and
updating, with the processor, the map to distinguish the areas with high presence of debris, wherein the coverage plan prioritizes cleaning the areas of the work environment with high presence of debris over areas of the work environment with low presence of debris.