MOBILE ROBOT AND CONTROL THEREOF FOR HOUSEHOLD

• Main Authors: FARLOW, Timothy, S, ANGLE, Colin, HALLORAN, Michael, J, O'DEA, Melissa, DUFFLEY, Samuel, MAMMEN, Jeffrey, W, SNELLING, David
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 14.04.2021
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; COFFEE MILLS; CONTROLLING; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FURNITURE; HAND TOOLS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANIPULATORS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; REGULATING; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTING

A mobile robot includes a processor connected to a memory and a wireless network circuit, for executing routines stored in the memory and commands generated by the routines and received via the wireless network circuit. The processor drives the mobile robot to a multiplicity of accessible two dimensional locations within a household, and commands an end effector, including at least one motorized actuator, to perform mechanical work in the household. A plurality of routines include a first routine which monitors a wireless local network and detects a presence of a network entity on the wireless local network, a second routine which receives a signal from a sensor detecting an action state of one of the network entities, the action state changeable between waiting and active, and a third routine which commands the end effector to change state of performing mechanical work based on the presence and on the action state.