Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Autonomous or semi-autonomous robotic devices are increasi ngly used within consumer homes andcommercial establishments. Such devices may include a robotic vacuum cleaner, lawn mower, mop, orother similar devices. To operate autonomously or with minimal (or less than fully manual) input and/orex ternal control within an environment, methods such as mapping, localization, obj ect recognition, andpath planning methods, among others, are required such that robotic devices may autonomously create amap of the environment, subsequently use the map for navigation, and devise intelligent path plans andtask plans for efficient navigation and task completion.”
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