Provided is a tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor effectuate operations including: obtaining, with one or more rangefinder sensors positioned on a mobile automated device, distances from the one or more rangefinder sensors to a surface; monitoring, with the processor, the distances sensed by each of the one or more rangefinder sensors; detecting, with the processor, an edge when a change in the distances is greater than a predetermined amount; and actuating, with the processor, the mobile automated device to execute one or more movement patterns upon detecting the edge, wherein the one or more movement patterns initiates movement of the mobile automated device away from the area where the edge was detected.

A method for controlling one or more operations of an autonomous mobile robot maneuverable within a home includes establishing wireless communication between an autonomous mobile robot and a remote computing system and, in response to receiving a wireless command signal from the remote computing system, initiating one or more operations of the autonomous mobile robot. The autonomous mobile robot is remote from an audio media device stationed within the home. The audio media device is capable of receiving and emitting audio. The remote computing system is configured to associate identification data of the autonomous mobile robot with identification data of the audio media device. The wireless command signal corresponds to an audible user command received by the audio media device.

Disclosed herein are a robot cleaner having an improved travel pattern and a control method thereof. The robot cleaner performs cleaning using zigzag travel as a basic cleaning traveling manner, and then performs cleaning using random travel as a finishing cleaning traveling manner so as to clean areas skipped during the zigzag travel. The robot cleaner performs the zigzag travel while maintaining a designated interval with a travel route proceeding to a wall regardless of a direction proceeding to the wall, and employs an improved zigzag travel method to maintain a zigzag travel pattern, if the robot cleaner senses an obstacle during the zigzag travel.

Methods and systems are described for communicating action instructions between a home automation system and a mobile robotic device. In some embodiments, methods may comprise receiving, from a first device, information regarding a delivery of a package to a first location, determining that a mobile robotic device and the first device are part of a predetermined group of devices operating in a neighborhood network, transporting, by the mobile robotic device, the package to a drop-off location, and initiating a notification for the first device based at least in part on transporting the package.

A guide robot can include a travel part to move the guide robot, a touch screen and a camera, a sensor to detect an approach of a user, and a voice reception part to receive a voice. The guide robot further includes a controller to display at least one digital signage while the guide robot is traveling, in response to detecting the approach of the user, stop the traveling of the guide robot and transition the camera from a deactivated state to an activated state, and detect a face and a face angle of the user. Also, in response to determining that the user intends to use the guide robot, the controller can trigger a voice conversation mode by activating the voice reception part, stopping the display of the at least one digital signage and outputting usage guide information for the voice conversation mode.

There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method to increase movement patterns of an autonomous mobile body more easily, the information processing apparatus including an operation control unit configured to control an operation of a driving unit. The operation control unit generates, on the basis of a teaching movement, control sequence data for causing a driving unit of an autonomous mobile body to execute an autonomous movement corresponding to the teaching movement, and causes the driving unit to execute the autonomous movement according to the control sequence data, on the basis of an action plan determined by situation estimation. The information processing method includes controlling, by a processor, an operation of a driving unit, and the controlling further includes generating control sequence data, and causing the driving unit to execute an autonomous movement according to the control sequence data.

There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that can provide more useful information for an action plan of an autonomous mobile body, the information processing apparatus including an action recommendation unit configured to present a recommended action recommended to an autonomous mobile body, to the autonomous mobile body that performs an action plan based on situation estimation. The action recommendation unit determines the recommended action on the basis of an action history collected from a plurality of the autonomous mobile bodies, and on the basis of a situation summary received from a target autonomous mobile body that is a target of recommendation. The information processing method includes presenting, by a processor, a recommended action recommended to an autonomous mobile body, to the autonomous mobile body that performs an action plan based on situation estimation.

Systems, methods, devices, and techniques for planning travel of an autonomous robot. A system identifies one or more obstacles that are located in proximity of at least a portion of a planned route for the autonomous robot. For each obstacle, the system: (i) determines a semantic class of the obstacle, including selecting the semantic class from a library that defines a set of multiple possible semantic classes for obstacles, and (ii) selects a planning policy for the obstacle that corresponds to the semantic class of the obstacle. The system can generate a trajectory along the at least the portion of the planned route using the selected planning policies. The robot can then initiate travel according to the trajectory.

A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot can include receiving a privacy mode setting from a user interface, where the privacy mode setting can be based on a user selection between at least two different privacy mode settings for determining whether to operate the mobile cleaning robot in an image-capture-restricted mode. An image stream of an image capture device of the mobile cleaning robot can be permitted in an absence of a user-selection of a more restrictive one of the privacy settings. At least a portion of the image stream can be restricted or disabled based at least in part on a user-selection of a more restrictive one of the privacy settings.

Implementations set forth herein relate to a robotic computing device that can seek additional information from other nearby device(s) for fulfilling a request and/or delegating certain operations to the other nearby device(s). Delegating certain operations can involve the robotic computing device maneuvering to a location of a nearby device and soliciting the nearby device for assistance by providing an input from the robotic computing device to the nearby device. In some instances, the input can include an audible rendering of an invocation phrase and a command phrase for invoking an automated assistant that is accessible via the nearby device. A determination of whether to delegate certain operations or seek additional information can be based on a variety of factors such as predicted efficiency and estimated accuracy of performance for performing certain operations.