System for spot cleaning by a mobile robot

This invention describes a way for a mobile cleaning robot to spot clean by following a specific path. A person walks through an area, carrying a mobile device like a phone, to show the exact route they want the robot to take. The phone uses its camera and motion sensors to record this precise path, then sends these path instructions to the cleaning robot, which then drives along the same recorded route to clean.

Why it matters: While visual-inertial odometry (VIO) was established in 2024, recent advancements in mobile device sensor fusion and AI-enhanced localization algorithms have improved the precision and robustness needed for a robot to accurately retrace a user-defined path.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedSoftware logic, VIO, robot navigation

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