Patent ID: 8882558

Claim:
A playset for autonomous devices, the playset comprising: a communal area including a substantially horizontal and substantially planar area bounded by a plurality of side walls; a plurality of connectors; a plurality of ports, with each port disposed in a side wall, wherein each port includes a gate adapted to open and close, to impede movement of the autonomous devices when closed, and to allow passage of the autonomous devices when open, and each port is situated adjacent to one of the connectors; at least one track adapted for traversal by the autonomous devices, wherein each track is adapted to connect to the communal area at one of the ports using one of the connectors wherein each track includes a channel having vertical lateral sides, open ends, and a floor, wherein the vertical lateral sides are spaced at a substantially consistent distance between the open ends, and wherein the floor includes a substantially planar surface having ends terminating to an upward curvature in a vicinity of where the floor meets the vertical lateral sides, and further having a flat horizontal surface positioned between each lateral side and the upward curvature of the ends of the planar surface.