Mapping, controlling, and displaying networked devices with a mobile cleaning robot

This invention describes a robot vacuum cleaner that maps its surroundings by communicating with special ranging devices built into other electronic gadgets. It measures distances to these devices, determines their exact locations, and then displays them on a map of the area. Crucially, the invention focuses on the robot being able to turn other devices on or off, detect the resulting environmental changes, and use those changes to pinpoint the device's location for display on a user's remote screen.

Why it matters: Filed before the widespread adoption of ultra-wideband (UWB) for precise ranging and the maturation of IoT interoperability standards like Matter. These advancements now make the required communication with and active control of "corresponding ranging devices" in other electronics more practical for mapping.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedRobot, ranging devices, complex software, environmental sensors.

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