Abstract
The patent’s assignee for patent number 11930976 is iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts,United States).News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“An autonomous cleaning robot can navigate across a floor s urface while mopping the floor surface toclean the floor surface. The cleaning robot can include a cleaning pad to mop the floor surface. As thecleaning robot moves across the floor surface, the cleaning pad wipes the floor surface and co llects debris.”