Abstract
A patent application by the inventors Doughty, Brian W. (Framingham, MA, US); Heinrichs, Winston (Brighton, MA, US); Ohm, Timothy R. (Grover Beach, CA, US); Torrente, Leo (Somerville, MA, US), filed on August 1, 2022, was made available online on February 1, 2024, according to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx correspondents. This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution. The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Cleaning robots include mobile robots that autonomously perform cleaning tasks within an environment, e.g., a home. Some cleaning robots hold a cleaning pad that collects debris. A cleaning robot can navigate to a docking station to charge the cleaning robot or evacuate debris from the cleaning robot.”