REMOTE CONTROL SCHEDULER AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC DEVICE
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Abstract
A method of scheduling a robotic device enables the device to run autonomously based on previously loaded scheduling information. The method consists of a communication device, such as a hand-held remote device, that can directly control the robotic device, or load scheduling information into the robotic device such that it will carry out a defined task at the desired time without the need for farther external control. The communication device can also be configured to load a scheduling application program into an existing robotic device, such that the robotic device can receive and implement scheduling information from a user.
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52 Claims
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34. A robotic system comprising:
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a stationary charging device; an autonomous cleaning robot including a vacuum system, the autonomous cleaning robot configured to initiate, according to scheduling information, a cleaning operation in which the autonomous cleaning robot autonomously navigates about a floor surface to clean the floor surface, and initiate a docking operation in which the autonomous cleaning robot autonomously returns to the stationary charging device; a user operable remote device operable to cause the remote device to wirelessly transmit, to the autonomous cleaning robot, control information to specify a power level at which the autonomous cleaning robot performs the cleaning operation. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of controlling operations of an autonomous cleaning robot, the method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving a command to initiate a cleaning operation; initiating departure from a stationary charging device at which the autonomously cleaning robot is docked and navigating about a floor surface to clean the floor surface in accordance to the command to initiate the cleaning operation; wirelessly receiving control information to control the cleaning operation, the control information indicative of a power level at which the autonomous cleaning robot performs the cleaning operation; and adjusting the power level for performing the cleaning operation in accordance to the control information indicative of the power level. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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