Patent ID: 8718837

Claim:
A telepresence robot, comprising: a drive system configured to move the telepresence robot according to drive instructions; a control system in communication with the drive system, the control system configured to generate drive instructions to cause the drive system to move the telepresence robot; an imaging system in communication with the control system; a mapping module in communication with the control system, the mapping module configured to access a map data source, the map data source comprising: a plan view map representative of robot-navigable areas of a robot operating surface; and a plurality of tags, each tag being a data structure comprising spatial coordinates locatable relative to the plan view map and tag information having a robot action modifier, wherein the spatial coordinates are associated with robot-navigable areas of the operating surface; a positioning system in communication with the control system configured to provide positioning information associated with a current position; a tag identification system configured to identify at least one tag relevant to a navigation path of the telepresence robot; and a communication system configured to facilitate communication between the control system and a remote terminal, and wherein the control system is configured to be triggered to execute a responsive action based on the robot action modifier of an identified tag.