Patent ID: 7346428

Claim:
An autonomously movable home cleaning robot comprising: a base housing; a drive system mounted to said base housing, said drive system adapted to autonomously move said base housing on a substantially horizontal surface having boundaries; a computer processing unit for storing, receiving and transmitting data, said computer processing unit associated with said base housing; a sweeper aperture and a rotary driven brush mounted for rotation in the sweeper aperture for removing debris particles from the surface; a dust bin in close communication with the sweeper aperture for receiving the debris particles removed from the surface and moved into the dust bin by the brush; a power source connected to said drive system and said computer processing unit whereby said computer processing unit directs horizontal movement of said base housing in a predetermined direction within the boundaries of the surface to be cleaned based upon input data defining said boundaries; and a dusting assembly for removing dust from the surface to be cleaned and mounted to an underside of the base housing in a rearward position relative to the sweeper aperture with respect to the predetermined direction for removing dust not removed from the surface to be cleaned by the brush.