Patent ID: 11969902
Assignee: AI INCORPORATED
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 18:
19. A method for a first robotic device to collaborate with a second robotic device, comprising:
actuating, with a processor of the first robotic device, the first robotic device to execute a first part of a cleaning task;
transmitting, with the processor of the first robotic device, information to a processor of the second robotic device upon completion of the first part of the cleaning task;
receiving, with the processor of the second robotic device, the information transmitted from the processor of the first robotic device; and
actuating, with the processor of the second robotic device, the second robotic device to execute a second part of the cleaning task upon receiving the information;, wherein:
the first robotic device and the second robotic device are surface cleaning robotic devices with a functionality comprising at least one of vacuuming and mopping;
a memory of the first robotic device and a memory of the second robotic device comprise time access memory;
at each time slot a corresponding memory cell is written with data or junk; and
memory cells whose corresponding time slots have passed are unchangeable and cannot be overwritten; and
the information comprises:
an instruction to execute the second part of the cleaning task or a notification that the first part of the cleaning task is complete; and
an identification of areas within which the first part of the cleaning task was executed or an identification of one or more areas to execute the second part of the cleaning task within.