Systems and methods for initializing a robot to autonomously travel a trained route

This invention describes how to teach a robot a specific route and then have it travel that route on its own. The robot first uses a camera to spot a known landmark to figure out its starting point. A person then guides the robot along the desired path, and the robot remembers the sequence of movements and locations relative to that landmark. Later, when the robot sees the same landmark again, it can automatically navigate the exact route it was taught.