An autonomous mobile robot , comprising: a mobile robot body ; characterized in that the robot comprises: at least two phased array antennas associated with the mobile body , wherein the phased array antennas enable wireless communication between on-board features of the mobile robot , including at least mobility hardware proximate to a base of the mobile robot body , and offboard sensors related to at least navigation of the mobility hardware; and a processing system communicative with the on-board features and the off-board sensors via intercommunication over the at least two phased array antennas, and comprising non-transitory computing code which, when executed by at least one processor associated with the processing system , causes to be executed the steps of: navigating the mobile robot along a predetermined pathway, subject to obstacle avoidance, by selectively actuating the mobility hardware; and executing communication protocols between the on-board features and the off-board sensors over the phased array antennas to allow for the navigating. a mobile robot body ; characterized in that the robot comprises: at least two phased array antennas associated with the mobile body , wherein the phased array antennas enable wireless communication between on-board features of the mobile robot , including at least mobility hardware proximate to a base of the mobile robot body , and offboard sensors related to at least navigation of the mobility hardware; and a processing system communicative with the on-board features and the off-board sensors via intercommunication over the at least two phased array antennas, and comprising non-transitory computing code which, when executed by at least one processor associated with the processing system , causes to be executed the steps of: navigating the mobile robot along a predetermined pathway, subject to obstacle avoidance, by selectively actuating the mobility hardware; and executing communication protocols between the on-board features and the off-board sensors over the phased array antennas to allow for the navigating. at least two phased array antennas associated with the mobile body , wherein the phased array antennas enable wireless communication between on-board features of the mobile robot , including at least mobility hardware proximate to a base of the mobile robot body , and offboard sensors related to at least navigation of the mobility hardware; and a processing system communicative with the on-board features and the off-board sensors via intercommunication over the at least two phased array antennas, and comprising non-transitory computing code which, when executed by at least one processor associated with the processing system , causes to be executed the steps of: navigating the mobile robot along a predetermined pathway, subject to obstacle avoidance, by selectively actuating the mobility hardware; and executing communication protocols between the on-board features and the off-board sensors over the phased array antennas to allow for the navigating. navigating the mobile robot along a predetermined pathway, subject to obstacle avoidance, by selectively actuating the mobility hardware; and executing communication protocols between the on-board features and the off-board sensors over the phased array antennas to allow for the navigating. <EOS>