US 12,167,819 B2
Side brush with elongated soft bristles for robotic cleaners
Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Henderson, NV (US)
Assigned to AI Incorporated, Toronto (CA)
Filed by Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Henderson, NV (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/394,515.
Application 18/394,515 is a continuation of application No. 17/827,919, filed on May 30, 2022, granted, now 11,882,969.
Application 17/827,919 is a continuation of application No. 16/203,385, filed on Nov. 28, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/591,214, filed on Nov. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122432 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 11/40 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 11/4036 (2013.01) [A47L 2201/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for cleaning a workspace by a robot, comprising:
capturing, with at least one sensor disposed on the robot, data indicative of locations of objects in a workspace through which the robot moves;
generating or updating, with a processor of the robot, a map of at least a part of the workspace based on at least the data;
navigating, with the processor, the robot based on the map or an updated map of the workspace;
displaying, with a software application executed on a user computing device paired with the robot, each of: the map, a status of the robot, a battery level of the robot, and progress statistics of a robotic operation in execution or executed by the robot; and
receiving, with the software application, at least one input designating each of: a cleaning schedule, a subarea of the workspace, a name for the subarea of the workspace, the robotic operation to be executed by the robot within at least one area of the workspace or the entire workspace, and settings to be applied within at least one subarea of the workspace or the entire workspace;
wherein:
the robot comprises at least one brush; and
the robotic operation comprises at least one of: mopping and vacuuming.